https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467171 In a murder case based on circumstantial evidence, the Court reaffirmed that the circumstances must form a complete chain pointing unerringly to guilt. It treated the prosecution's evidence of cruelty and money demand, the false claim of snake bite, the medical finding of death by strangulation, the suspicious placement of the body, and recoveries at the accused's instance as a coherent chain. Where the death occurred inside the matrimonial home, the accused's failure to give a plausible explanation for facts especially within his knowledge justified an adverse inference under Section 106 of the Evidence Act, and the false or absent explanation became an additional link in proof. en-us Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:25:54 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467171 In a murder case based on circumstantial evidence, the Court reaffirmed that the circumstances must form a complete chain pointing unerringly to guilt. It treated the prosecution's evidence of cruelty and money demand, the false claim of snake bite, the medical finding of death by strangulation, the suspicious placement of the body, and recoveries at the accused's instance as a coherent chain. Where the death occurred inside the matrimonial home, the accused's failure to give a plausible explanation for facts especially within his knowledge justified an adverse inference under Section 106 of the Evidence Act, and the false or absent explanation became an additional link in proof. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467171