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The Indian Penal Code, 1860
State Of U.P vs Dr. Ravindra Prakash Mittal on 28 April, 1992
As is clear from the aforesaid commentary of Dr. K.S.
Narayan Reddy that if it was a case of merely burns the
blood of the heart would have got clotted. Even the
postmortem report does not say that asphvsix was due to
burn. Coupled with all the internal injuries which occur in
the case of strangulation. are present in this case.
As pointed out by the High Court there is no direct evidence
to connect the appellants with the offence of murder and the
prosecution entirely rests its case only on circumstantial
evidence. There is a series of decisions of this Court
propounding the cardinal principles to be followed in cases
in which the evidence is of circumstantial nature. It is
not necessary to repapitulate all those decisions except
stating the essential ingredients as noticed by Pandian, J.
in the case reported as The State of Uttar Pradesh v. Dr.
Ravindra Prakesh J. in the case 2 SC 114 at 121, to prove
quilt of an accused person by circumstantial evidence. They
are:-
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