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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
MR. RAJA VIJAYARAGHAVAN V, K. V. JAYAKUMAR, JJ
JAYESH – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. conviction under ipc sections 302 and 201 (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. factual background of the murder case (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. arguments regarding lack of evidence and unfair trial (Para 8 , 9 , 10) |
| 4. establishing cause of death and identification (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 5. principles of circumstantial evidence and motive evaluation (Para 16 , 17 , 19 , 20 , 21) |
| 6. doctrine of last seen together and its implications (Para 22 , 23 , 24) |
| 7. recovery of incriminating evidence and its reliability (Para 27 , 28) |
| 8. cumulative evidence supporting guilt (Para 29) |
| 9. final order dismissing appeal (Para 30) |
JUDGMENT
Raja Vijayaraghavan, J.
This appeal, filed under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure , is preferred by the sole accused in S.C. No. 84 of 2016 on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge-IV, Thodupuzha. In the above case, he was charged for having committed offences punishable under Sections 302 and 201 of the IPC .
2. By the judgment under challenge, the appellant was found guilty of the offences punishable under Section 302 of the IPC and was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay a fine of Rs. 50,000/-, with a default clause and to undergo rigoro
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