Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 217 · Decided 10 March 2026
Pooranmal v. The State of Rajasthan & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 217 · [2026] 3 S.C.R. 314
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1266/2026
- Decided
- 10 March 2026
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, SANDEEP MEHTA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- BNSS; BNS; BSA Section 63; IPC Section 302, 34, 201; CrPC; Evidence Act
Headnote
Whether the conviction of the appellant-P based solely on circumstantial evidence as convicted by the trial court and upheld by the High Court could be sustained in law. Whether the incriminating evidence are proved by cogent and admissible evidence, forming an unbroken towards the guilt of the appellant. Penal Code, 1860 - ss.302/34, 201 - Bhartatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 - ss.103(1)/3(5) - Circumstantial evidence - Recoveries - Appellant-P along with one L, committed murder of wife of L -
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