Supreme Court of India

Amitava Banerjee @ Amit @ Bappa Banerjee v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2011] 12 S.C.R. 160
Bench V.S. Sirpurkar and T.S. Thakur JJ.
Decided 17 August 2011

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PENAL CODE, 1860: s. 302 - Conviction under - Allegation against the accused that he strangulated and killed c the victim and buried his dead body - Trial court convicted the accused holding that although motive was not proved but circumstantial evidence was so strong and so unerringly pointed towards the guilt of the appellant that the absence of a motive did not make much of a difference - High Court 0 upheld the order of the trial court - On appeal, held: There were number of incriminating circumstances pointing towards the guilt of the accused viz. the deposition of mother of the victim

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