Supreme Court of India
Anant Chintaman Lagu v. The State of Bombay
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Criminal Law-Murder by poisoning-Circumstantial evidence -Poison not detecteiJ,in body of deceased-Conduct of accused, both before and aft_er-Conviction for murder. At the trial of a person for murder by alleged poisoning, the fact of death by poisoning is provable by circumstantial evidence, notwithstanding that the autopsy as well as the chemical analysis fail to disclose any poison; though the cause of death may not appear to be established by direct evidence, the medical evidence of experts and the circumstances of the case may be sufficient to infer that the death must be the result of
Where later benches applied it
- 2010 Prithi v. State of Haryana
- 2023 Harendra Rai v. The State of Bihar & Ors.
- 2018 Reena Hazarika v. State of Assam
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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