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The Indian Penal Code, 1860
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Sharad Birdhichand Sarda vs State Of Maharashtra on 17 July, 1984
67. The evidence adduced by the prosecution dominantly is
circumstantial in nature with no direct proof of the
perpetration of the alleged offence by the appellant. It is a
trite proposition, judicially evolved, that circumstantial
evidence if is to form the basis of conviction must be such so
as to rule out every possible hypothesis of innocence of the
accused and must without any element of doubt unerringly
point to such culpability. This enunciation has stood the test
of time over the years and the five golden principles
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propounded by this Court in Sharad Birdhichand Sarda
vs. State of Maharashtra (1984) 4 SCC 116 (paragraph