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Sarwan Singh And Ors. vs State Of Punjab on 11 August, 1976

53. Analyzing the fact situation obtaining in the instant case in the light of law laid down in Sarwan Singh‟s case (supra), we find that the appellant nowhere in his disclosure statement has admitted that the Ligature i.e. a plastic rope, which was recovered at his instance, was the one he had used for committing the murder of the deceased nor can it be said that the place where it was concealed was inaccessible and known only to the appellant. It has come in evidence that the place from where the Ligature ( plastic rope) was recovered, was a grazing land in the forest and visited by all the 32 CRA No.18/2017 villagers. As has also come in the statement of Arif Tak, Naib tehsildar that such ropes are available in the market. The effort to connect the rope seized/recovered with the rope produced before the Naib Tehsildar and identified by PW Kuldeep, as also the rope which PW Kuldeep has seen in the hand of the appellant near the place of occurrence on the date of occurrence, has all failed. The rope, which was allegedly recovered from beneath the stone at the instance of the appellant, was not sealed nor was any identification mark put on it. It is so stated by PW Arif Tak in his statement. In the absence of proper identification mark put on the rope and the same having not been sealed properly, it is difficult to say that it is the rope which was recovered at the instance of the appellant that was produced before the Naib Tehsildar and allegedly identified by PW Kuldeep. PW Kuldeep has turned hostile and has not supported his version. In the light of this weak evidence one cannot, by any stretch of reasoning, conclude that the prosecution has established beyond reasonable doubt the fact of the appellant having made a disclosure statement that he had used the plastic rope to strangulate his wife and that he had kept the plastic rope hidden beneath a stone in the forest. This circumstance was vital circumstance to be established if accused were to be connected with the commission of crime.
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Sangili @ Sanganathan vs State Of Tamil Nadu Rep. Insp.Of Police on 10 September, 2014

54. As is held by Hon‟ble the Supreme Court in the case of Sangili @ Sanganathan v. State of Tamil Nadu, 2014(10) SCC 264, the burden to establish close link between the discovery of the material object and its use in the commission of offence lies on the prosecution. Under Section 27 of 33 CRA No.18/2017 the Evidence Act it is the information that leads to the discovery and not the opinion that is formed on it by the prosecution which is admissible.
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