Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. v. Hari Mohan and Ors.

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Reported as [2000] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 440
Bench K.T. Thomas and R.P. Sethi JJ.
Decided 7 November 2000

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What the Court ordered

In the result the appeal is partly allowed by restoring the conviction passed by the trial court against respondent No.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Criminal law: Indian Penal Code, 1860-Sections. 302, 34 and 201-Murder­ Applicability of circumstantial evidence in conviction of accused when there is no direct evidence-Held, the circumstantial evidence should be consistent with the guilt of the accused and inconsistent with his innocence. Respondent No. I, the accused, was found convicted for murder of his younger brother's wife. Body of the deceased was found in a gunny bag floating in a pond. The body bore gun shot injuries. The First Additional Sessions Judge convicted the accused under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860

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