Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 1146 · Decided 15 December 2016
H.D. Sikand (D) Through LRS. v. Central Bureau of Investigation and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 1146 · [2016] 9 S.C.R. 205
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 729/2011
- Decided
- 15 December 2016
- Bench
- PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE, AMITAVA ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3; Hindu Marriage Act Section 13(l)(la)
Headnote
205 H.D. SIKAND (D) THROUGH LRS. v. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND ANR. (Criminal Appeal No. 729 of201 I) DECEMBER 15,2016 [PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE AND AMITAVA ROY, JJ.) Appeal: Murder case - Acquittal by High Court - Appeal against acquittal - Case totally dependant on circumstantial evidence the Court HELD: The case in hand was totally dependent upon the circumstantial evidence. The prosecution failed to pass tests to bring home the guilt of the accused as laid down by this Court in *Slumul Birdllic/u11ul Sau/a v. State of Mallaraslitra. The findings recorded by the High Court were
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