Supreme Court of India

Vijaya Singh & Anr. v. State of Uttarakhand

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Reported as [2024] 11 S.C.R. 906
Bench Bela Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma JJ.
Decided 25 November 2024

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the Trial Court and High Court have correctly appreciated the evidence on record.

Judgment, page 19

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Issue for Consideration Whether the Criminal Appeal filed by the Appellants challenging the conviction under Section 302/201 IPC can be entertained in the facts and circumstances of the case. Headnotes† Penal Code, 1860 – Section 302 – Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 – Section 164 – Principles governing circumstantial evidence reiterated – On facts and circumstances, held that the Trial Court and the High Court have correctly appreciated the evidence, and the conviction of the Appellant upheld: Held: It is a well settled principle of law that when a case is based on circumstantial evidence, the

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