Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 467 · Decided 23 May 2017
Anjan Kumar Sarma & ORS. v. State of Assam
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 467 · [2017] 3 S.C.R. 991
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 560/2014
- Decided
- 23 May 2017
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, NAVIN SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201, 34
Headnote
991 ANJAN KUMAR SARMA & ORS. v. STATE OF ASSAM (Criminal Appeal No. 560 of 2014) MAY23,2017 [L. NAGESWARA RAO AND NAVIN SINHA, JJ.) Evidence - Last seen theory - Reliability of. when - Held: A B Circumstance of last seen together cannot by itself/arm the basis of holding the accused guilty and absence of explanation would provide an additional link which completes the chain - In the absence of proof of other circumstances, the only circumstance of last seen together and absence of satisfactory explanation cannot be made the basis of D conviction - On facts, other circumstances not
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