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Supreme Court judgments on Section 106, Indian Evidence Act, 1872

7 judgments, latest first, from 2022 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 106 of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

Kattavellai @ Devakar vs State of Tamilnadu
SC · 15 July 2025
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 984 : 2025 INSC 845
Issue arose as to the correctness of the order passed by the High Court upholding the order of the conviction and death sentence of the appellant for offence punishable u/ss.302, 376 and 397 IPC.
Sadashiv Dhondiram Patil vs The State of Maharashtra
SC · 9 January 2025
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 592 : 2025 INSC 93
Issue arose whether Village Police Patil is a Police Officer in terms of s. 25 of the Evidence Act; and whether the High Court erred in holding the appellant guilty of the offence of murder.
Anees vs The State Govt. of NCT
SC · 3 May 2024
[2024] 6 S.C.R. 164 : 2024 INSC 368
Murder of appellant-accused’s wife in their house in which the appellant, deceased and their 5 year old daughter lived. s.106, Evidence Act, 1872 was invoked and the appellant was convicted u/s.302, IPC for the murder. W…
Ravinder Kumar vs State of NCT of Delhi
SC · 6 March 2024
[2024] 3 S.C.R. 767 : 2024 INSC 211
1) Whether circumstantial evidence is sufficient to convict the accused; 2) Whether burden of proof u/s. 106 Evidence Act can be on accused before the prosecution proves its case; 3) Whether recovery pursuant to statemen…
Dinesh Kumar vs The State of Haryana
SC · 4 May 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 220 : 2023 INSC 493
Penal Code,1860 – ss.302,364,392,394,201 and 34 – Evidence Act, 1872 – ss.27,101,106 and 165 – The case of prosecution was based on circumstantial evidence i.e. the evidence of ‘last seen’ and the ‘discoveries’ made from…
Md. Anowar Hussain vs State of Assam
SC · 13 October 2022
[2022] 18 S.C.R. 721 : 2022 INSC 1079
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 – Circumstantial Evidence – Evidence Act, 1872 – s.106 – Appellant was held guilty of the offence u/s.302 for murder of his wife and was awarded the punishment of imprisonment for life – On appea…
Mohd. Firoz vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 19 April 2022
[2022] 19 S.C.R. 168 : 2022 INSC 429
Penal Code, 1860 – Ss. 302, 376(2)(i), 376(2)(m), 363, 366, 376A – Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) – ss. 5 (i), 5 (m), 6 – Evidence Act, 1872 – s. 106 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss…

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