Supreme Court of India
S. Arul Raja v. State of Tamil Nadu
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Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and s. 120-8 - Death caused allegedly in pursuance of criminal conspiracy - Various accused - Statement of one accused while in police custody - Circumstantial evidence - Acquittal by trial court - Conviction of accused-appellant by High Court- Challenge to - Held: On facts, the chain of events did not establish a clear motive for the appellant to commit the offence of murder - Prosecution failed to substantiate the allegation of conspiracy against the appellant - The statement of co-accused did not constitute a valid dying declaration or a confession or an evidence
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- 2022 Ram Niwas v. State of Haryana
- 2011 Sunil Rai @ Paua & Ors. v. Union Territory, Chandigarh
- 2024 Neeraj Sharma v. State of Chhattisgarh
- 2019 Darshan Singh v. State of Punjab
- 2013 Gulam Sarbar v. State of Bihar (now Jharkhand)
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