https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272740 Circumstantial evidence can sustain conviction for rape and murder where the circumstances form a complete chain pointing unerringly to the accused and excluding any reasonable alternative hypothesis; on that basis, the conviction under the Penal Code was upheld. Separately, where no documentary proof of age is available, a duly constituted medical board's radiological and clinical assessment may be accepted under the Juvenile Justice Rules to determine minority; applying that approach, the appellant was treated as a juvenile on the date of occurrence and the sentence was set aside, while the conviction remained intact. en-us Thu, 08 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 16 May 2018 06:42:21 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272740 Circumstantial evidence can sustain conviction for rape and murder where the circumstances form a complete chain pointing unerringly to the accused and excluding any reasonable alternative hypothesis; on that basis, the conviction under the Penal Code was upheld. Separately, where no documentary proof of age is available, a duly constituted medical board's radiological and clinical assessment may be accepted under the Juvenile Justice Rules to determine minority; applying that approach, the appellant was treated as a juvenile on the date of occurrence and the sentence was set aside, while the conviction remained intact. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 08 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272740