Supreme Court of India
Reena Hazarika v. State of Assam
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Evidence: Circumstantial evidence – Links in the ch ain of circumstances – Determination of – Prosecution case that w ife killed her husband on basis of the last seen theory and th e unnatural conduct of wife – Conviction u/s 302 IPC by the courts below – On appeal, held: In view of the nature of evidence avai lable coupled with the manner of its consideration, the links in the chain of circumstances in a case of circumstantial evidence not established to prove that the appellant was the assailant of th e deceased – Possibility that the occurrence may have taken place in some ot her manner
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- 2020 Parminder Kaur @ P.P. Kaur @ Soni v. State of Punjab
- 2025 P. Nallammal v. State by the Inspector of Police, Vigilance and Anti-corruption Police, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu
- 2023 Premchand v. The State of Maharashtra
- 2022 Jai Prakash Tiwari v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2022 Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2021 M/s. Kalamani Tex & Anr v. P. Balasubramanian
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