Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 532 · Decided 29 November 1999
Mujeeb and ANR. v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 532 · [1999] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 16
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 284/1997
- Decided
- 29 November 1999
- Bench
- G.B. PATTANAIK, M. SRINIVASAN, S.N. PHUKAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 120
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: Section 34, 120-B, 201, 302 and 392-Decision based on circumstantial evidence alone-The evidence should be strong and such that, within all human probability, no conclusion other than the guilt of the accused is possible, to convict the CfCCused-lf there is any shortcoming in the crime, accused cannot be held guilty. The case against the appellants was that they hired the taxi of the deceased, killed him and disposed off his body. When they took the car to a garage for repair, it was found that the registration number was tempered with and police on being informed arrested
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