https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312538 Circumstantial evidence must form a complete, unbroken chain excluding every reasonable hypothesis of innocence before it can support conviction. Gaps and inconsistencies concerning disappearance, ransom calls, caller identification, last-seen evidence, seizures, call-data linkage and DNA reliability left material links unproved, requiring benefit of doubt. Discovery-based recoveries are admissible only where the maker is an accused in lawful police custody and the discovery is properly proved. Statements recorded before arrest or lawful custody, supported by defective panchnamas and formal attestation, lacked evidentiary value. The incomplete circumstantial chain and unreliable recoveries required acquittal of all appellants. en-us Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 23 Feb 2024 05:57:14 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312538 Circumstantial evidence must form a complete, unbroken chain excluding every reasonable hypothesis of innocence before it can support conviction. Gaps and inconsistencies concerning disappearance, ransom calls, caller identification, last-seen evidence, seizures, call-data linkage and DNA reliability left material links unproved, requiring benefit of doubt. Discovery-based recoveries are admissible only where the maker is an accused in lawful police custody and the discovery is properly proved. Statements recorded before arrest or lawful custody, supported by defective panchnamas and formal attestation, lacked evidentiary value. The incomplete circumstantial chain and unreliable recoveries required acquittal of all appellants. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 21 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312538