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IN THE HIGH COURT OF TELANGANA
K.SURENDER, E.V.VENUGOPAL
Jadhav Dilip – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. appeal against conviction for murder. (Para 1) |
| 2. parties' submissions heard. (Para 2) |
| 3. factual details of the murder incident. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 4. circumstantial evidence leads to conviction. (Para 8 , 9) |
| 5. arguments on insufficiency of evidence. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17) |
| 6. criteria for conviction based on circumstantial evidence. (Para 18 , 19) |
| 7. appeal allowed; conviction overturned. (Para 20) |
JUDGMENT :
(K. Surender, J.)
1. The Appeal is filed by the appellant/accused, aggrieved by the judgment dated 26.10.2018 in S.C.No.76 of 2016, on the file of the Principal Sessions Judge at Adilabad. The appellant was convicted for the offence punishable under Section 302 of IPC and sentenced to undergo life imprisonment for murdering his wife, Rathod Shoba Bai.
2. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and Sri Arun Kumar Dodla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent-State.
3. On 04.06.2015, around 3:30 p.m., P.W.1, who is the son of the deceased’s sister, went to the Police Station and lodged a complaint alleging that he came to know that the appellant quarreled with the deceased, suspecting her fidelity and hit her on the head with
Circumstantial evidence must satisfy strict principles to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt; failure to do so warrants setting aside of conviction.
The sufficiency of circumstantial evidence to establish guilt and the principles of circumstantial evidence.
In criminal cases relying on circumstantial evidence, the prosecution must prove each circumstance beyond reasonable doubt, and the evidence must form a complete chain that excludes other hypotheses ....
Conviction based on circumstantial evidence requires irrefutable proof establishing guilt, with no room for reasonable doubt.
For a conviction based on circumstantial evidence, every link in the chain must be established beyond reasonable doubt; mere confessions are inadequate without corroborative evidence.
Prosecution must prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt, and circumstantial evidence needs a complete chain indicating the accused's guilt; extra-judicial confessions require corroboration and cannot so....
Conviction based on circumstantial evidence requires a complete and cogent chain of circumstances; extra-judicial confessions must be corroborated by reliable evidence.
Circumstantial evidence must form a complete chain pointing to guilt; absence of direct evidence and reliance on a single unreliable witness led to acquittal.
Conviction based solely on circumstantial evidence requires a complete and coherent chain of events that excludes all reasonable hypotheses of innocence.
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