Supreme Court of India
Siju Kurian v. State of Karnataka
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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
Authorities it was built on
- 1984 Sharad Birdhi Chand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra
- 2007 Chandrappa and Ors. v. State of Karnataka
- 1975 Mohmed Inayatullah v. The State of Maharashtra
- 2020 Arjun Panditrao Khotkar v. Kailash Kushanrao Gorantyal and Ors.
- 2006 State of Rajasthan v. Kashi Ram
- 2012 Murugesan and Ors. v. State through Inspector of Police
- 2009 Gamini Bala Koteswara Rao & Ors. v. State of Ap. Thr. Secretary
- 2019 Pattu Rajan v. The State of Tamil Nadu
- 2014 State of Karnataka v. Smt. Suvarnamma & Anr.
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