Supreme Court of India

State of Rajasthan v. Kashi Ram

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 501

Bench B.P. Singh and T Arun Chatterjee JJ.

Decided 7 November 2006

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15 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

In the result, we allow this appeal and set aside the impugned judgment and order of the High Court.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Indian Evidence Act. I 872; Section 106-deceased last seen together-Burden to prove what happened thereafter-Held, on the accused Section 106-circumstantial evidence-facts specially within the knowledge of the accused--burden of proof-Held, -is not shifted but failure to adduce any explanation for the same is to be considered as an additional link in the chain of circumstances. Extra judicial/confession-conviction based upon-Held, is a weak piece of evidence but to base a conviction on the same, it must be proved like any other fact and the value thereof depended upon the veracity of the

Where later benches applied it

2022 Veerendra v. State of Madhya Pradesh relied on
2022 Pappu v. The State of Uttar Pradesh relied on
2018 State of Himachal Pradesh v. Raj Kumar relied on
2015 Kiriti Pal v. State of West Bengal relied on
2015 Dasin Bai@ Shanti Bai v. State of Chhattisgarh relied on
2012 Sathya Narayanan v. State Rep. by Inspector of Police relied on
2012 Ramnaresh & Ors. v. State of Chhattisgarh relied on
2023 Siju Kurian v. State of Karnataka referred to
2023 Vahitha v. State of Tamil Nadu referred to
2021 Surajdeo Mahto and Anr. v. The State of Bihar referred to
2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors. referred to
2015 Nizam & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan referred to
2013 Sunil Mahadeo Jadhav v. The State of Maharashtra referred to
2013 Shankar Kisanrao Khade v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2021 Shivaji Chintappa Patil v. State of Maharashtra not applicable

Of those, 7 relied on · 7 referred to · 1 not applicable

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