Supreme Court of India
B. Venkat Swamy v. Vijaya Nehru and Anr.
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Criminal Appeal: Penal Code, 1860; ss. 302, 304 and 498: c Dowry demand - Husband allegedly committed murder of wife - Has conviction based on circumstantial evidence - Correctness of - Held: Inference of guilt can be justified only when incriminating facts and circumstances found to be incompatible with innocence of accused - Conviction based solely on circumstantial evidence provided it shauld be tested • by the touchstone of law relating to circumstantial evidence - High Court has rightly held that prosecution could not establish the accusations - Moreover, examination in terms of s.313
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