Pahal Singh vs The State Of M.P. on 2 April, 2019
"15. It is a settled legal proposition that in a
case based on circumstantial evidence, where no eye-
witness's account is available, the principle is that
when an incriminating circumstance is put to the
accused and the said accused either offers no
explanation for the same, or offers an explanation
which is found to be untrue, then the same becomes
an additional link in the chain of circumstances to
make it complete. (Vide: State of U.P. v. Dr. Ravindra
Prakash Mittal, AIR 1992 SC 2045; : (1992 AIR
SCW 2417), Gulab Chand v. State of M.P., AIR 1995
SC 1598 : ( 1995 AIR SCW 2504), State of Tamil
Nadu v. Rajendran, AIR 1999 SC 3535 : (1999 AIR
SCW 3536) State of Maharashtra v. Suresh, (2000)
1 SCC 471; and Ganesh Lal v. State of Rajasthan,
(2002) 1 SCC 731 : (2001 AIR SCW 5251)."