Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 751 · Decided 21 May 2025
Padman Bibhar v. State of Odisha
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 751 · [2025] 5 S.C.R. 1116
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2748/2025
- Decided
- 21 May 2025
- Bench
- SANJAY KAROL, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201; CrPC
Headnote
Whether appellant can be convicted only on the basis of evidence on 'last seen together'. Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302, 201 - Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Last seen theory - Victim-deceased along with PW-1, the appellant/accused and the deceased went to cashew field - The appellant and the deceased did not return for long time, however, PW-1 and PW-2 returned to the village - On the next day, PW-3 (father of deceased) went to the riverside in search of his son and found his dead body
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