https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275537 Circumstantial evidence was held insufficient to sustain convictions for murder and causing disappearance of evidence where the prosecution failed to prove each incriminating circumstance beyond reasonable doubt. The alleged last seen together evidence was found unreliable because of inconsistent testimony, delay, and lack of corroboration. The extra-judicial confession was rejected as weak and suspicious, and the recovery and identification of the dead body, as well as the alleged disclosure leading to recovery of bones, were not satisfactorily proved or linked to the deceased. The Court reiterated that suspicion, however strong, cannot replace legal proof, and the conviction and sentence were set aside. en-us Thu, 09 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 06 Oct 2018 14:30:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275537 Circumstantial evidence was held insufficient to sustain convictions for murder and causing disappearance of evidence where the prosecution failed to prove each incriminating circumstance beyond reasonable doubt. The alleged last seen together evidence was found unreliable because of inconsistent testimony, delay, and lack of corroboration. The extra-judicial confession was rejected as weak and suspicious, and the recovery and identification of the dead body, as well as the alleged disclosure leading to recovery of bones, were not satisfactorily proved or linked to the deceased. The Court reiterated that suspicion, however strong, cannot replace legal proof, and the conviction and sentence were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 09 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275537