Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 10 · Decided 19 January 1978
Baiju Alias Bharosa v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 10 · [1978] 2 S.C.R. 594
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 128/1977
- Decided
- 19 January 1978
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, P.N. SHINGAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Evidence Act Section 114
Headnote
Evidence Act, (Act I of 1872), 1872-Ss. 110, 114 illustration (a)-Recent and unexplained possession of goods-Presumptive evidence against the accused not only of theft, but of the charge of murder as well-Value of circumstan­ tial evidence. The appellant, on the pretext of and promise to beget winning confidence committed murders of Ramdayal, his wife Smt. Fulkunwar, his mother Smt. Bhagwanti and his nephew Rambakas, on the night of January 20, 1975 and also stole of various articles which were recovered from the appellants' residence soon after. The trial court convicted him of
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