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Matru Alias Girish Chandra vs State Of Utttar Pradesh on 3 March, 1971

15. The court is of the opinion that while conduct of an accused may constitute a material circumstance, his disappearance, or absconding with a view to escape the police, cannot be considered a strong incriminating circumstance, sufficient to attract the provision of Section 106, Evidence Act. Long ago, in Matru (supra), the Supreme Court cautioned courts reading too much into such conduct, in circumstantial evidence based cases, saying that an accused absconding (from the police) "can scarcely be held as a determining link in completing the chain of circumstantial evidence." As far as applicability of Section 106 of the Evidence Act, is concerned, the onus of explaining facts "especially" within the knowledge of an accused, would arise after the prosecution discharges its primary burden of proving all other facts, beyond reasonable doubt.
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Rajkumar vs State Of M.P on 14 September, 2004

Similarly, the court - at least in this case, cannot assume that PW-7 (who deposed to sitting in her terrace) being "clued in" to the goings on in the locality. It is inconceivable that someone (especially a housewife aged 32 years, such as PW-7) can remain rooted at one place for 7-8 hours continuously- and that too in the month of September, when the weather is not always pleasant. If such were the true position, and keeping in mind the fact that the premises where the deceased was found, could have been accessed by others during the daytime, the possibility of others being responsible for the crime cannot be ruled out. This court is fortified in this opinion by the following observations of the Supreme Court, in Rajkumar, v. State Of M. P AIR 2004 SC 4408:
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