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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
K. SURENDER, ANIL KUMAR JUKANTI
Vadde Veerappa – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
K. SURENDER, J.
The appellant was convicted for the offence under Section 302 and 201 of Indian Penal Code for committing murder of the deceased who is the husband of PW.1.
2. According to PW.1, the deceased Kistappa is her husband. On the date of the incident, PW.9 who was engaged as farm servant by the deceased called the deceased and informed that one person was sleeping in the field. The deceased went to the agricultural field which is an extent of 7 acres, around 9:00 a.m. At 9:30 a.m, when PW.1 tried to call the deceased, the phone was switched off. PW.1 then asked PW.2 who is the mother of the deceased and another person namely Shivappa (given up during trial) to go to the agricultural field and see as to what happened. Later PW.1 came to know that the accused killed her husband in one Manikreddy Patel’s fields. When PW.1 and other villagers went to the agricultural field, they found the deceased lying dead. The deceased had received injuries on head, legs and other parts of the body. PW.1 then went to the Police station at 12:30 and lodged complaint. In the said complaint-Ex.P1 it was stated that PW.9 informed the deceased that some unknown person was obstructing fr
The prosecution must establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, particularly in circumstantial cases where extra-judicial confessions are heavily scrutinized for credibility and corroboration.
In criminal cases based on circumstantial evidence, the prosecution must establish a complete and unbroken chain of evidence to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
For a conviction based on circumstantial evidence, the prosecution must establish a clear chain of evidence that excludes reasonable doubt regarding the accused's guilt.
Extrajudicial confessions are weak evidence and require corroboration; reliance on them must be cautious and supported by credible evidence.
Circumstantial evidence must form a complete chain pointing to guilt, and extrajudicial confessions require corroboration to be credible.
Circumstantial evidence must form a complete chain pointing to guilt, with the prosecution required to establish every link beyond reasonable doubt.
(1) Murder and disappearance of evidence – Application of theory of ‘last seen’ in absence of any other positive evidence to conclude that accused and deceased were last seen together would be hazard....
In order to sustain conviction must be complete and incapable of explanation of any other hypothesis than that of the guilt of the accused and such evidence should not only be consistent with the gui....
Extrajudicial confessions require corroboration and cannot solely establish guilt without reliable evidence.
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