Supreme Court of India
Ramreddy Rajeshkhanna Reddy and Anr. v. State of Andhra Pradesh
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the prosecution cannot be said to have established the guilt of the Appellants herein beyond all shadow of doubt.
Judgment, page 13
From the headnote
Criminal Trial: Circumstantial evidence-Conviction based upon-Held, the prosecution must establish all the pieces of incriminating circumstances by reliable and clinching evidence and the circumstances so proved must form such a chain of events as wpuld permit no conclusion other than one of guilt of the accused. Appellant No. I along with one Shaik Abdul Rahman, accused No. 3 was prosecuted for committing murder of one Mohammad Rafiq Khan and, on trial, was convicted for commission of an offence under Section 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Appellant No. 2 was
Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Majendran Langeswaran v. State (nct of Delhi) & Anr.
- 2012 Jagroop Singh v. State of Punjab
- 2024 Suresh Chandra Tiwari & Anr. v. State of Uttarakhand
- 2024 Karakkattu Muhammed Basheer v. The State of Kerala
Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to
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