Supreme Court of India
Sujoy Sen @ Sujoy Kr. Sen v. The State of West Bengal
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the prosecution has not been able to prove the chain of circumstances linking the accused to the crime beyond reasonable doubt.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860; s. 302: Murder-Accused allegedly committed murder of daughter of first informant by throttling her neck-FIR-Investigation conducted by CJD. Charge-sheet-Trial Court found accused guilty of committing offence of murder com•icted and sentenced him under Section 302 !PC-Affirmed by High Court-On appeal, Held: It is a case of circumstantial evidence-Jn such a case prosecution has to establish chain of circumstances which inevitably connect the accused to crime-Jn case link breaks, the whole prosecution case collapse-Jn FIR informant/father of the deceased stated that accused
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