Supreme Court of India

Navaneethakrishnan v. The State by Inspector of Police

Neutral citation
Reported as [2018] 6 S.C.R. 749
Bench A. K. Sikri and R. K. Agrawal JJ.
Decided 16 April 2018

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Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w. s.34, ss.364 and 379 – Conviction based on circumstantial evidence – FIR reg istered by PW-8 stating that ‘J’ employed as driver in his travel ag ency along with another person took his van and did not return for two days – Next day a body was found in a well which was identified to be of ‘J’ – Prosecution case was that -1 confessed about committing the crime along with appellants ( -2 and -3) stating that they abducted driver and his friend, and cause d death by strangulating them and thereafter drowned their bod ies in water streams – -1 also took the

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