Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 638 · Decided 29 April 2009
Dauna Devi v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 638 · [2009] 7 S.C.R. 138
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1530/2004
- Decided
- 29 April 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 201; CrPC Section 313, 125
Headnote
Evidence: Circumstantial evidence - Conviction by courts below - Held: Circumstances highlighted by courts C below did not meet the requisite standard applicable to cases based on circumstantial evidence - Conviction set aside. The trial court passed conviction order on the basis of circumstantial Hence present appeal. E Appellant contended that the trial court and the High Court erroneously observed that the house where the dead body was recovered belonged to two accused persons. Allowing the appeal, the Court HELD: In a case of circumstantial evidence it has to be conclusively
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