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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
Vivek Kumar Birla, Jitendra Kumar Sinha
Prem – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. – Respondent
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| 1. conviction based on circumstantial evidence and its requirements. (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 2. the necessity for a complete chain of circumstances for conviction. (Para 7) |
| 3. arguments highlighting the reliability of eyewitness testimony. (Para 8) |
| 4. court's analysis of evidence and the nature of circumstantial evidence. (Para 9 , 10) |
| 5. legal principles governing circumstantial evidence and its implications. (Para 11 , 12) |
| 6. scrutiny of child witness testimony and its reliability. (Para 13 , 14 , 15) |
| 7. failure of prosecution to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt. (Para 16) |
| 8. final judgment and acquittal of the accused. (Para 18 , 19) |
JUDGMENT :
1. Heard Sri Nitansh Kumar Roy, learned counsel for the appellants and Sri O.P. Dwivedi, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State respondents.
2. This criminal appeal has been preferred assailing the judgement and order dated 25.4.1984 passed by Officiating Sessions Judge, Saharanpur, in Criminal Sessions Trial No. 205 of 1982 convicting and sentencing the appellants to undergo imprisonment for life under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The appellants are further convicted and sentenc
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