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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
K. SURENDER, ANIL KUMAR JUKANTI
Adicherla Ravi – Appellant
Versus
State of Telangana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
K. Surender, J.
The appellant/accused has preferred the present appeal aggrieved by his conviction vide judgment dated 21.06.2014 in S.C.No.23 of 2012 on the file of the VI Additional District and Sessions Judge, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar District.
2. Heard Sri K.Raghunath Reddy, learned Senior counsel for the appellant, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent-State and perused the record. 3. The case rests on circumstantial evidence and the FIR was registered on the basis of Extra Judicial Confession made by the appellant to PW.4 that the appellant killed the wife of PW.1. Pursuant to such Extra Judicial Confession, PW.4 informed policed and FIR was registered and case was investigated.
4. According to the case of the prosecution, the wife of PW.1 went missing on 03.02.2010. PW.1 lodged Ex.P1/Complaint with the police that the deceased was missing. The said complaint was made on 17.02.2020. In Ex.P-1/complaint, PW.1 stated that his wife was missing and requested police to find his wife. He did not speak anything about any suspicion over anybody regarding missing of his wife in the complaint/Ex.P1.
5. According to the prosecution, the appellant met PW.4 on 05.04.2
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 ....
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, and extrajudicial confessions require corroboration to be reliable.
In circumstantial evidence cases, each link in the evidence chain must establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt, supported by all proving consistent guilt without alternative explanations.
Circumstantial evidence must establish a complete chain of guilt beyond reasonable doubt; failure to do so warrants acquittal.
In murder cases based on circumstantial evidence, each link must be established beyond reasonable doubt, with all evidence consistently pointing to the guilt of the accused.
The prosecution must establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt, and mere circumstantial evidence or suspicion is insufficient for conviction.
It is a settled legal proposition that conviction of a person accused of committing an offence, is generally based solely on evidence that is either oral or documentary, but in exceptional circumstan....
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