https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199954 Circumstantial evidence alone was insufficient to sustain convictions for murder and robbery because motive, proximity to the scene, and abscondence were not satisfactorily proved, and recovery of the deceased's property, though relevant, did not by itself exclude reasonable alternative hypotheses. A conviction for the graver offences could not rest on slender discovery-based material without other reliable links connecting the accused to the crime. The information leading to discovery was voluntarily given, so the discovery was admissible under Section 27 of the Evidence Act and not barred by Article 20(3). The proved conduct nevertheless showed concealment of articles and screening of the offender, justifying conviction only for causing disappearance of evidence under Section 201 IPC. en-us Mon, 28 Nov 1955 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:25:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199954 Circumstantial evidence alone was insufficient to sustain convictions for murder and robbery because motive, proximity to the scene, and abscondence were not satisfactorily proved, and recovery of the deceased's property, though relevant, did not by itself exclude reasonable alternative hypotheses. A conviction for the graver offences could not rest on slender discovery-based material without other reliable links connecting the accused to the crime. The information leading to discovery was voluntarily given, so the discovery was admissible under Section 27 of the Evidence Act and not barred by Article 20(3). The proved conduct nevertheless showed concealment of articles and screening of the offender, justifying conviction only for causing disappearance of evidence under Section 201 IPC. Case-Laws Companies Law Mon, 28 Nov 1955 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=199954