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1 - 10 of 11 (0.21 seconds)Section 302 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 34 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 27 in The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 [Entire Act]
Section 161 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
Section 106 in The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 [Entire Act]
State (Delhi Administration) vs Shri Gulzari Lal Tandon on 3 April, 1979
In Shri Gulzari Lal Tandon (supra), it was observed that,
an accused can be convicted on circumstantial evidence if every
other reasonable hypothesis of guilt was completely excluded
and circumstances were wholly inconsistent with the innocence
of the accused. It also went on to observe that in a case where
the prosecution rests purely on circumstantial evidence, motive
undoubtedly plays an important part in order to tilt the scale
against the accused.
Kalicharan And Others vs The State Of U.P. on 29 September, 2022
52. Kalicharan (supra) and Jai Prakash Tiwari (supra) are of
the view that, Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
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CRA 294 of 2021
confers a valuable right upon the accused to establish his
innocence and can well be considered beyond a statutory right
as a constitutional right to a fair trial under Article 21 of the
Constitution.