Supreme Court of India

Reena Hazarika v. State of Assam

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Reported as [2018] 13 S.C.R. 1108
Bench R. F. Nariman and Navin Sinha JJ.
Decided 31 October 2018

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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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