Supreme Court of India
H.D. Sikand (d) through Lrs. v. Central Bureau of Investigation and Anr.
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Appeal: Murder case - Acquittal by High Court - Appeal against acquittal - Case totally dependant on circumstantial evidence - Prosecution failed to pass the test as laid down in Sharad Birdhichand Sarda's case - High Court rightly ordered acquittal - Penal code, 1860 - s.3.02. Dismissing the appeals, the Court HELD: The case in hand was totally dependent upon the circumstantial evidence. The prosecution failed to pass tests to bring home the guilt of the accused as laid down by this Court in *Slumul Birdllic/u11ul Sau/a v. State of Mallaraslitra. The findings recorded by the High Court were
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