Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 260 · Decided 24 February 2025
MD. Bani Alam Mazid @ Dhan v. State of Assam
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 260 · [2025] 2 S.C.R. 2006
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1649/2011
- Decided
- 24 February 2025
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, UJJAL BHUYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 366(A), 302, 201, 34; Evidence Act Section 25, 26
Headnote
In a case where the appellant alongwith a co-accused was alleged to have kidnapped and murdered the minor daughter of PW1, the issues for consideration were: (i) Whether the chain of circumstantial evidence based on which the High Court convicted the Appellant was of last seen together can be made the basis of conviction; (iii) Whether the circumstance of recovery of the dead body following the Appellant's statement was proof beyond reasonable doubt against the Appellant; (iv) Whether motive is an important link in a case based on circumstantial
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