Supreme Court of India
Ponnusamy v. State of Tamil Nadu
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Evidence: Circumstantial evidence - Extra judicial confession - Husband killed wife and threw her body in canal - Few days c later made extra judicial confession - Dead body recovered from canal on disclosure statement made by him - Mother of deceased identified dead body- Conviction of husband based on circumstantial evidence - Justification of:;.. Held: Justified - Confession of husband led to discovery of facts which show his connection with commission of crime - Since wife died in unnatural circumstances while she was in company of husband, he was expected to offer explanation thereof-
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