https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311908 Circumstantial evidence in kidnapping and murder cases must establish each incriminating fact beyond reasonable doubt, be consistent only with guilt, and complete a chain excluding every reasonable hypothesis of innocence. The article notes that motive from hostility between families, last-seen evidence placing the child with the accused, recoveries made on information given during investigation, and forensic blood evidence together strengthened the prosecution case. Minor inconsistencies about the condition of the recovered body were treated as insufficient to break the overall chain. The discussion concludes that the evidence was accepted as complete and the convictions and sentences were upheld. en-us Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 20 Jan 2024 12:02:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311908 Circumstantial evidence in kidnapping and murder cases must establish each incriminating fact beyond reasonable doubt, be consistent only with guilt, and complete a chain excluding every reasonable hypothesis of innocence. The article notes that motive from hostility between families, last-seen evidence placing the child with the accused, recoveries made on information given during investigation, and forensic blood evidence together strengthened the prosecution case. Minor inconsistencies about the condition of the recovered body were treated as insufficient to break the overall chain. The discussion concludes that the evidence was accepted as complete and the convictions and sentences were upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311908