Supreme Court of India

Raj Kumar@ Raju v. State (nct of Delhi)

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Reported as [2017] 1 S.C.R. 462
Bench Ranjan Gogoi J.
Decided 20 January 2017

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Penal Code, 1860: s.302 rlw s.34, s.411 - Conviction based on circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - On the fateful afternocn, the deceased was found dead and her ornaments were missing -Appellant and other accused were present in the house of the deceased in the morning - Prosecution witnesses deposed that on the same day, appellant and other accused were seen moving around in the neighbourhood looking perplexed - Appellant was apprehended after few days and ornaments belonging to deceased were recovered from him - Conviction of appellant uls.302 and 392 - Held: The circumstance that

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