https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469028 Criminal conspiracy requires proved circumstances showing a clear agreement or meeting of minds; mere background dispute, alleged statements, or partial conduct is insufficient, so the conviction under Section 120B was set aside. Murder based on circumstantial evidence must rest on a complete and reliable chain excluding every reasonable hypothesis of innocence; where the eye-witness account was unreliable and the remaining circumstances, including last seen and recovery material, did not conclusively implicate the accused, the conviction under Section 302 could not stand. Both convictions were therefore set aside and the accused were acquitted. en-us Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 30 May 2026 11:45:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469028 Criminal conspiracy requires proved circumstances showing a clear agreement or meeting of minds; mere background dispute, alleged statements, or partial conduct is insufficient, so the conviction under Section 120B was set aside. Murder based on circumstantial evidence must rest on a complete and reliable chain excluding every reasonable hypothesis of innocence; where the eye-witness account was unreliable and the remaining circumstances, including last seen and recovery material, did not conclusively implicate the accused, the conviction under Section 302 could not stand. Both convictions were therefore set aside and the accused were acquitted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=469028