https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172606 Murder may be proved by reliable direct or circumstantial evidence even without recovery of the corpus delicti; here, witness recovery evidence, identification, inquest material and medical opinion together established the body's identity and homicidal death. An approver is a competent witness, but prudence requires corroboration in material particulars; the approver's account was supported by independent evidence on the deceased's movements, lodge stay, body recovery, stabbing and sale of the stolen chain, making it safe to act upon. In sentencing, the Court considered the planned, cold-blooded and gain-motivated nature of the murders and treated the hearing under section 235(2) CrPC as not vitiating the capital sentence. en-us Tue, 07 May 1991 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 26 Aug 2015 10:22:13 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172606 Murder may be proved by reliable direct or circumstantial evidence even without recovery of the corpus delicti; here, witness recovery evidence, identification, inquest material and medical opinion together established the body's identity and homicidal death. An approver is a competent witness, but prudence requires corroboration in material particulars; the approver's account was supported by independent evidence on the deceased's movements, lodge stay, body recovery, stabbing and sale of the stolen chain, making it safe to act upon. In sentencing, the Court considered the planned, cold-blooded and gain-motivated nature of the murders and treated the hearing under section 235(2) CrPC as not vitiating the capital sentence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 07 May 1991 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172606