Supreme Court of India
Bharat v. State of M.P.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the foregoing reasons we allow the appeal and set aside the impugned judgment and orders of the courts below.
Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860: Ss.302 and 394-Murder and robbery-Conviction by both the courts below based on circumstantial evidence, i.e. accused last seen with deceased and recovery of ornaments of deceased from accused-Held, High Court erred in relying upon the factum of recovery as a circumstance against accused despite holding that ornaments were not duly identified-There was neither proper and legal identification of ornaments nor the recovery as a consequence of statement of accused-Besides, death took place a couple of days after deceased was last seen with accused-Mere non-explanation by accused
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