Supreme Court of India

Vilas Pandurang Patil v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 395
Bench Doaiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 6 May 2004

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Penal Code, 1860-Sections 302 and 404-Murder-Prosecution for-Circumstantial evidence-Extra-judicial confession-Recovery of blood-stained articles at the behest of accused and presence of blood in his nail clippings-Acquittal by trial Court-On re-appreciation of evidence conviction by High Court-On appeal, held: Conviction justified in view of the circumstances of the case. Criminal Trial : Circumstantial evidence-Evidentiary value and nature of- crime can be proved by circumstantial evidence-The principal fact or factum probandum may be proved indirectly by means of certain inferences drawn

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