Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 228 · Decided 24 April 2002
Ezhil and ORS. v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 228 · [2002] 3 S.C.R. 431
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1268/1999
- Decided
- 24 April 2002
- Bench
- R.P. SETHI, DORAISWAMY RAJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 394, 364, 392, 201, 34; Evidence Act Section 114; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860 : Sections 302, 394, and 34 Murder-Robbe~ircumstantial evidence-Articles belonging to deceased-Recovery from accused persons after the occurrenc,,_Fai/ure of C accused to explain possessiorr-presumption as to guilt of accused----Conviction based on-Held, justified. Evidence Act, goods-Absence of D reasonable' explanation by accused-Presumption as to guilt of accused­ Permissibility of The appellants were prosecuted under Section 364, 392 and 302 read with Sections 34 and 120-B IPC. The entire prosecution case was based on E circumstantial evidence; (i) An Inspector
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