Supreme Court of India

Siju Kurian v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2023] 4 S.C.R. 397
Bench Surya Kant and Aravind Kumar JJ.
Decided 17 April 2023

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the disclosure statement made by the accused-appellants (Exts.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302, 201, 404 and 419 – Circumstantial Evidence – Reliance upon – Prosecution case that th e accused- labourer in the farmhouse of the victim, murdered the victim by hitting him with iron rod and then hid the dead body in a pit located in the garden – Other articles also concealed – Accused stole th e articles in the farm house and sold them as also sold the land to make undue monetary gain – Acquittal by the trial court on the ground that prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasona ble doubt – However, the High Court convicted and sentenced the accus ed for the

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