Supreme Court of India
Baiju Kumar Soni & Anr. v. State of Jharkhand
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Penal Code, 1860: ss. 364A, 201 and 302/34 – Pr osecution under – Reliance on circumstantial evidence – Conviction by cour ts below – Appeal to Supr eme Cour t – Held: In a case based on cir cumstantial evidence, ever y cir cumstance must be fully pr oved and all the circumstances must form a chain of evidence so complete as to exclude every hypothesis other than the guilt of the accused – The circumstances r elied on in the pr esent case do not form a chain so complete as not to leave any r easonable doubt or exclude ever y possible hypothesis except the one to be pr oved – The circumstances
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