https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280245 Convictions for murder and causing disappearance of evidence were found unsustainable where the prosecution case rested on circumstantial evidence, disputed recoveries and identification of seized articles. The court treated the recoveries as doubtful because seizure witnesses did not support the prosecution, the asserted seizure procedure was not proved, and the safeguards for associating independent local witnesses were not followed. The alleged Section 27 disclosures had no evidentiary value once the recoveries failed, while the last-seen theory and motive were also unreliable. As the chain of circumstances remained incomplete, the accused were entitled to acquittal. en-us Wed, 05 Oct 1988 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:55:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280245 Convictions for murder and causing disappearance of evidence were found unsustainable where the prosecution case rested on circumstantial evidence, disputed recoveries and identification of seized articles. The court treated the recoveries as doubtful because seizure witnesses did not support the prosecution, the asserted seizure procedure was not proved, and the safeguards for associating independent local witnesses were not followed. The alleged Section 27 disclosures had no evidentiary value once the recoveries failed, while the last-seen theory and motive were also unreliable. As the chain of circumstances remained incomplete, the accused were entitled to acquittal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 05 Oct 1988 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280245