Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 363 · Decided 1 August 2003
Golakonda Venkateswara Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 363 · [2003] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 96
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 838/2002
- Decided
- 1 August 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 376, 201; Evidence Act Section 3
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872: Section 3-Conviction on the basis of circumstantial evidence- C Justification of-Held: Conviction can be based on circtJmstantial evidence when prosecution establishes circumstantial evidence beyond all reasonable doubts-Such circumstances should be consistent and must point to thus conviction of accused upheld-Penal Code, 1860-Section 302. D Sections 27 and 3-Voluntary disclosure statement-Recovery of articles-Evidentiary value of-Held: When articles recovered in pursuance to information given is confirmed by discovery of articles of deceased, such information and
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