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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
P.B.SURESH KUMAR, C.PRATHEEP KUMAR, JJ
CHANDRAN @ VINOD CHANDRAN – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
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| 1. conviction of accused under ipc sections. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. burden of proof in circumstantial evidence cases. (Para 6 , 12) |
| 3. final judgment and sentencing of the accused. (Para 8 , 9) |
| 4. presumption under section 114 of the evidence act. (Para 13) |
| 5. need for convincing evidence linking robbery and murder. (Para 15) |
P.B.SURESH KUMAR & C.PRATHEEP KUMAR, JJ.-----------------------------------------------
Crl.Appeal No.576 of 2023 -----------------------------------------------
Dated this the 6th day of August, 2024 J U D G M E N T P.B.Suresh Kumar, J.
The sole accused in S.C.No.311 of 2018 on the files of the Court of the Additional Sessions Judge - III, Thalassery, is the appellant. He stands convicted and sentenced for offences punishable under Sections 302 and 397 of the Indian Penal Code ( IPC ).
2. The corpse of a middle aged person was found on 25.08.2017 on the railway track near one of the platforms of Payyannur Railway Station. On the basis of the information received from the Station Master of the Railway Station, a case was registered by the Payyannur Police. The investigation in the case revealed that the body was that of one K.C.Sreedharan and that he
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