Supreme Court of India

Vinay D. Nagar v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [2008] 3 S.C.R. 735
Decided 3 March 2008

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Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 364, 450, 302 and 201 - Deceased missing under suspicious circumstances - Later his dead body found .:.. He was a prime witness in a criminal c case against the accused - He had given his statement u/s 161 Cr.PC. and was to make a statement uls 164 Cr.PC. in that case - Conviction by courts below on the basis of circumstantial evidence - On appeal, held: Conviction not correct - Prosecution. failed to prove the chain of evidence which would lead to unequivocal conclusion of pointing to the guilt of the accused ...;. The 161 Cr.PC. statement of the deceased though not

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