Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 593 · Decided 12 August 2016
Kala @ Chandrakala v. State Through Inspector of Police
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 593 · [2016] 3 S.C.R. 797
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1791/2010
- Decided
- 12 August 2016
- Bench
- J.S. KHEHAR, ARUN MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s.302 rlw s.34 and s.201 - Murder of appellants husband - Death allegedly caused by strangulation with a saree - Circumstantial evidence - Extra-judicial confession - Conviction of appellant and her father by trial court - High Court affirmed the conviction of appellant but him benefit of doubt - Extra-judicial confession allegedly made by appellant to PW4 - Recovery of a motor bike (moped) and nylon saree (allegedly used in the offence) - On appeal, held:· In cases based upon circumstantial evidence the chain of circumstances should be complete to fasten
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