Supreme Court of India
Akhilesh Hajam v. The State of Bihar
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What the Court ordered
For the reasons stated above the appeal succeeds and is hereby allowed.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Indian Penal Code, 1860/Evidence Act, 1872 : Section 302-Circumstantial evidence-Charge of murdering mother, sister, wife and daughter-Accused making disclosure Statement-Consequent recovery of weapon-Circumstantial evidence should be so complete as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence of the "accusetf-Accused convicted by lower courts on circumstantial evidence-Benefit of doubt given to the accused and conviction set aside. The appellant was charged with the murder of his mother, sister, wife and daughter. According to the prosecution, the
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