Supreme Court of India

Niranjan Panja v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2010] 7 S.C.R. 113
Bench V. S. Sirpurkar and Dr. Mukundakam Sharma JJ.
Decided 14 May 2010

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Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302 - Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Motive alleged - Conviction by courts below relying on circumstances of the case including discovery of the weapon of offence and applying the theory of 'last seen together' - On appeal, held: Conviction not justified - The circumstances relied on for passing conviction order are inconsequential - Discovery of weapon of offence cannot be relied upon as the same was not produced before the court - Motive which is an important circumstance, not proved - Conviction cannot be based on theory of 'last seen together' as the prosecution

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Of those, 2 referred to

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