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1 - 6 of 6 (0.19 seconds)Section 379 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Sharad Birdhi Chand Sarda vs State Of Maharashtra on 17 July, 1984
14. There is no dispute that the whole prosecution case is based
on circumstantial evidence. In a case based on circumstantial
evidence, the settled law is that the circumstances from which the
conclusion of guilt is drawn should be fully proved, and such
circumstances must be conclusive in nature. Moreover, all the
circumstances should be complete and there should be no gap left in
the chain of evidence. Further, the proved circumstances must be
consistent only with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused and
totally inconsistent with his innocence. The question whether chain
of circumstances unerringly established the guilt of the accused
needs careful consideration. The proof of a case based on
circumstantial evidence, which is usually called 'five golden
principles', have been stated by the Apex Court in Sharad Birdhi
Chand Sarda Vs. State of Maharashtra1, which reads as follows:-
Section 313 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
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