https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172554 Circumstantial evidence sustained convictions where the proved facts formed a complete and unbroken chain consistent only with guilt: medical evidence established rape and homicidal death, motive and presence at the flat were corroborated by recovery of articles, forensic linkage, disclosure, false alibi and unexplained disappearance. The Court also treated the mother's statement recorded by the investigating officer as the first information report, not the cryptic telephone message. Applying settled sentencing principles, it confirmed death for a premeditated and brutal murder of a helpless young girl after rape, holding the case fell within the rarest of rare category and that no mitigating circumstance displaced capital punishment. en-us Tue, 11 Jan 1994 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:49:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172554 Circumstantial evidence sustained convictions where the proved facts formed a complete and unbroken chain consistent only with guilt: medical evidence established rape and homicidal death, motive and presence at the flat were corroborated by recovery of articles, forensic linkage, disclosure, false alibi and unexplained disappearance. The Court also treated the mother's statement recorded by the investigating officer as the first information report, not the cryptic telephone message. Applying settled sentencing principles, it confirmed death for a premeditated and brutal murder of a helpless young girl after rape, holding the case fell within the rarest of rare category and that no mitigating circumstance displaced capital punishment. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 11 Jan 1994 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172554