Supreme Court of India

Wasim Khan v. The State of Uttar Pradesh.

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Reported as [1956] 1 S.C.R. 191
Bench B. P. Sinha, Jafer Imam and Chandrasekhara Aiyar JJ.
Decided 12 March 1956

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Possession, recent and unexplained of stolen goods-Presumptive evidence against prisoner not only of robbery but of murder as well. The appellant was sentenced to death for the murder of one R e,nd also sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment for having robbed the murdered man of his goods. It was established by the evidence on the record that the deceased; a shop-keeper of village Jarwal had gone to Lucknow to purchase goods for his shop. On his return journey he got down from the train at about 10 p.m. He had with him a box, a balti, a gunni bag and a jhola and other things. He

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