https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461348 CCTV footage used as secondary electronic evidence was treated as inadmissible without the mandatory certificate, so it could not be relied on against the accused. The last-seen and chance-witness evidence was found unreliable because of delay, inconsistencies, and affected identification, and it did not complete the chain of circumstantial proof. The alleged extra-judicial confession was considered unsafe for want of confidence and corroboration, while the recoveries suffered from gaps in custody and procedure. On that reasoning, the prosecution failed to establish a complete chain excluding innocence, and the conviction and death sentence could not be sustained. en-us Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 12:23:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461348 CCTV footage used as secondary electronic evidence was treated as inadmissible without the mandatory certificate, so it could not be relied on against the accused. The last-seen and chance-witness evidence was found unreliable because of delay, inconsistencies, and affected identification, and it did not complete the chain of circumstantial proof. The alleged extra-judicial confession was considered unsafe for want of confidence and corroboration, while the recoveries suffered from gaps in custody and procedure. On that reasoning, the prosecution failed to establish a complete chain excluding innocence, and the conviction and death sentence could not be sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461348