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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
K.SURENDER, J.ANIL KUMAR
Abdul Majid – Appellant
Versus
State Of Telangana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
K. SURENDER, J.
1. This appeal is filed aggrieved by the judgment dated 30.06.2016 passed in S.C.No.48 of 2011 on the file of Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge for Trial of Communal Offence Cases-cum-VII Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad, convicting the appellants/ accused Nos.1 and 2 of the offences punishable under Sections 364 , 302, 201 read with Section 34 of INDIAN PENAL CODE , 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) and sentenced to them undergo rigorous imprisonment for ten years each and to pay a fine of Rs.500/- each of the offence under Section 364 of IPC, in default of payment of fine, to undergo simple imprisonment for one month. Appellants were further sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and also to pay a fine of Rs.500/- each of the offence under Section 302 of IPC, in default of payment of fine, to undergo simple imprisonment for one month and further sentenced to undergo two years simple imprisonment and also to pay a fine of Rs.200/- each of the offence under Section 201 of IPC, in default of payment of fine, to undergo simple imprisonment for 15 days.
2. Heard Mr. P. Prabhakar Reddy, learned counsel for the appellants/accused Nos.1 and 2 and M
The prosecution must establish identity and cause of death beyond reasonable doubt in murder cases reliant on circumstantial evidence, or the conviction cannot stand.
The prosecution must prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt in circumstantial evidence cases, with each circumstance established and consistent only with the hypothesis of guilt.
Prosecution must prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt; lack of motive and unreliable witness testimonies undermine conviction.
The prosecution must establish a complete chain of evidence, including motive, in cases based on circumstantial evidence, and the evidence must be cogent, trustworthy, and exclude every possible hypo....
The prosecution must establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt based on conclusive circumstantial evidence, and the testimony of a witness must be of sterling quality.
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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