Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 528 · Decided 22 May 2026
Papan Sarkar @ Pranab v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 528 · [2026] 6 S.C.R. 592
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2507/2026
- Decided
- 22 May 2026
- Bench
- SANJAY KUMAR, K. VINOD CHANDRAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 27
Headnote
Whether the order of conviction by the Trial Court, affirmed by the High Court, based on the circumstances of the last seen together theory, extra-judicial confession, recovery of the objects used as weapons and a motorbike, seizures from the place of occurrence, oral ought to be reversed. Circumstantial Evidence - Complete chain of circumstances, when not established - Trial court found from the last seen together theory, extra-judicial confession, recovery of the objects used as weapons and a motorbike, the seizures carried out
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