Supreme Court of India

Kailash Potlia v. The State of Andhra Pradesh

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Reported as [1995] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 689
Bench K. Ramaswamy and B.L. Hansaria JJ.
Decided 14 August 1995

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the prosecution has failed to establish the case against the appellant beyond all reasonable doubt.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Indian Penal Code, 1860: Sections 302, 38o-Murder-Trial-Conviction based on circumstantial evidence-Held, prosecution failed to establish case against appellant beyond all reasonable doubt. Evidence Act, 1872: Circumstantial Evidence-Conviction under sec­ tions 302 and 380 !PC, Evidence regarding extra judicial confession and recovery of stolen articles found not reliable-judicial confession u/s. 164 not recorded-Held, evidence is too weak to fomi a chain strong enough to tie the appellant with so serious an offence as murder. / The accused-appellant filed the instant appeal by special leavf

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 mentioned

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