https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175117 In a circumstantial evidence prosecution, guilt must be proved by a complete and reliable chain that rules out a reasonable alternative explanation. The alleged last-seen evidence was found unreliable because the surrounding conditions made the observation doubtful, the alleged motive was not satisfactorily established, and the claimed extra-judicial confession was rejected for lack of contemporaneous support and corroboration. The record was consistent with the defence version, so the acquittal was held to suffer from no infirmity warranting interference. The appeal was dismissed and the acquittal upheld. en-us Tue, 10 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 16:38:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175117 In a circumstantial evidence prosecution, guilt must be proved by a complete and reliable chain that rules out a reasonable alternative explanation. The alleged last-seen evidence was found unreliable because the surrounding conditions made the observation doubtful, the alleged motive was not satisfactorily established, and the claimed extra-judicial confession was rejected for lack of contemporaneous support and corroboration. The record was consistent with the defence version, so the acquittal was held to suffer from no infirmity warranting interference. The appeal was dismissed and the acquittal upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 10 Dec 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175117