Supreme Court of India
Shanti Devi v. State of Rajasthan
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PENAL CODE, 1860: ss. 302 and 201 - Appellant causing murder, and with the help of three others, burying the dead body in a place adjacent to her house - Principles as to circumstantial evidence, culled out - Held: In the instant case, the circumstances from the day 0 the deceased went to the house of accused-appellant till recovery of his dead body at her instance, which have been found proved, formed a chain closely linked together without giving any scope for any other conclusion than a definite tendency unerringly pointing towards the guilt of the accused ap pell ant - In the
Where later benches applied it
- 2021 The State of Odisha v. Banabihari Mohapatra and Anr.
- 2020 Basheera Begam v. Mohammed Ibrahim & Ors.
- 2021 Irappa Siddappa Murgannavar v. State of Karnataka
- 2014 Balkar Singh v. State of Haryana
Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to
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