Supreme Court of India

Jaharlal Das v. State of Orissa

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Reported as [1991] 2 S.C.R. 298
Bench S. Ratnavel Pandian and K. Jayachandra C D E Reddy JJ.
Decided 12 April 1991

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Indian Penal Code, 1860: Sections 302 and 376--Rape and murder-Criminal trial-Death penalty-Circumstantial evidence­ Sufficiency of evidence for conviction-Gravity of offence cannot over­ weigh legal proof-Caution against basing conviction on suspicion­ Court should ensure that conjectures and suspicions do not take the place of legal proof-Necessary conditions for circumstantial evidence as a basis for conviction explained-Inquest Report-Purpose of The appellant was tried for rape and murder of a girl aged five years. The entire evidence against him was circumstantial: (a) the accused and

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Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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