https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172887 Conviction based on circumstantial evidence requires proved circumstances to form a complete chain consistent only with guilt and excluding every reasonable hypothesis of innocence; the text says the murder conviction failed because the alleged presence, motive, and handwritten chit were uncertain and unreliable. It also states that recovery evidence under Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 was disbelieved where the memorandum, panchanama, timing, and witnesses were doubtful, and handwriting opinion was treated as insufficient without independent corroboration, defeating the Section 201 charge. On cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the text says there was no proved unlawful demand or statutory harassment, so that conviction also could not stand. en-us Thu, 14 Dec 1995 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 03 Sep 2015 11:16:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172887 Conviction based on circumstantial evidence requires proved circumstances to form a complete chain consistent only with guilt and excluding every reasonable hypothesis of innocence; the text says the murder conviction failed because the alleged presence, motive, and handwritten chit were uncertain and unreliable. It also states that recovery evidence under Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 was disbelieved where the memorandum, panchanama, timing, and witnesses were doubtful, and handwriting opinion was treated as insufficient without independent corroboration, defeating the Section 201 charge. On cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the text says there was no proved unlawful demand or statutory harassment, so that conviction also could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 14 Dec 1995 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172887