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P. SAM KOSHY, N. TUKARAMJI
Koppu Sailu – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
P. Sam Koshy, J.
Heard Mr. T. Pradyumna Kumar Reddy, learned Senior Counsel for the appellants – accused and Mr. Syed Yasar Mamoon, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent – State.
2. Aggrieved by the judgment of conviction dated 19.10.2016 in S.C.No.117 of 2013 passed by the IV Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge at L.B. Nagar, Ranga Reddy District, the instant appeal has been filed by the appellants – accused under Section 374(2) of Cr.P.C.
3. Vide the impugned judgment, the Trial Court found the appellants guilty for the offences punishable under Section 302 and 201 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, ‘IPC’) and sentenced them to undergo life imprisonment for the offence under Section 302 of IPC with fine of Rs.5,000/- each, in default of such payment of fine, to undergo simple imprisonment for three months; and for the offence under Section 201 of IPC, the accused are sentenced to undergo a rigorous imprisonment for four years with a fine of Rs.1,000/- each, in default to undergo simple imprisonment for three months.
4. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that on 08.02.2011 a written complaint in Telugu langua
The prosecution must establish the identity of the deceased beyond reasonable doubt in murder cases; failure to do so results in acquittal.
The prosecution must establish a complete chain of circumstantial evidence leading to the only conclusion of guilt for a conviction to be sustainable.
Sections 26 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 reads Confession by accused while in custody of police not to be proved against him.
Conviction based solely on circumstantial evidence requires a complete and coherent chain of events that excludes all reasonable hypotheses of innocence.
The prosecution must establish a complete chain of circumstances and motive in murder cases; failure to do so warrants acquittal.
The sufficiency of circumstantial evidence to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
Circumstantial evidence can support a murder conviction if it forms a complete chain of circumstances leading to guilt beyond reasonable doubt, emphasizing the accused's conduct and failure to explai....
The principle that an accused cannot be convicted based on suspicion alone, and the prosecution must prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt, especially in cases relying on circumstantial evidence.
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