https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184251 Where several persons abduct a victim and the victim is found murdered shortly afterwards, a court may presume on the proved circumstances that the abductors were responsible for the killing, and common intention under Section 34 IPC may apply unless an accused satisfactorily explains dissociation or later conduct. Section 106 of the Evidence Act does not shift the prosecution's burden of proof, but it permits an adverse inference when facts especially within the accused's knowledge are left unexplained after the prosecution establishes foundational circumstances. On these principles, the murder conviction with the aid of common intention was upheld. en-us Thu, 22 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 Jul 2016 11:50:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184251 Where several persons abduct a victim and the victim is found murdered shortly afterwards, a court may presume on the proved circumstances that the abductors were responsible for the killing, and common intention under Section 34 IPC may apply unless an accused satisfactorily explains dissociation or later conduct. Section 106 of the Evidence Act does not shift the prosecution's burden of proof, but it permits an adverse inference when facts especially within the accused's knowledge are left unexplained after the prosecution establishes foundational circumstances. On these principles, the murder conviction with the aid of common intention was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 22 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184251