Supreme Court of India
Rajbir Singh v. The State of Punjab
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Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Death by poisoning alleg ed – Circumstantial evidence – As per the prosecution, PW-1-inf ormant’s wife died after consuming the milk brought from the appellant, residing in the neighbourhood and carrying on the business of dairy farm and selling milk – Appellant convicted u/s.302 – On appeal, held: In the present case, chain of evidence has many miss ing and weak links – None of the essential ingredients to record c onviction in a case of circumstantial evidence and that of poisoning c ase are made out – Prosecution has not established the char ge beyond reasonable
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