https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187661 In a conviction based solely on circumstantial evidence, each incriminating fact must be firmly proved and form an unbroken chain consistent only with guilt. Withholding crucial CCTV footage, treated as the best evidence on the accused's presence, justified an adverse inference and left a serious gap in the prosecution case. The alleged motive was weakened by material improvements, the presence evidence was unreliable, and the medical evidence did not conclusively establish strangulation because key symptoms were absent. On this record, the prosecution failed to exclude reasonable doubt, so the conviction was held unsafe and the accused received the benefit of doubt. en-us Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 01 Aug 2022 11:42:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187661 In a conviction based solely on circumstantial evidence, each incriminating fact must be firmly proved and form an unbroken chain consistent only with guilt. Withholding crucial CCTV footage, treated as the best evidence on the accused's presence, justified an adverse inference and left a serious gap in the prosecution case. The alleged motive was weakened by material improvements, the presence evidence was unreliable, and the medical evidence did not conclusively establish strangulation because key symptoms were absent. On this record, the prosecution failed to exclude reasonable doubt, so the conviction was held unsafe and the accused received the benefit of doubt. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187661