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Supreme Court judgments on Section 27, Indian Evidence Act, 1872

12 judgments, latest first, from 2022 to 2026. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 27 of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

Rohit Jangde vs The State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 17 February 2026
[2026] 3 S.C.R. 231 : 2026 INSC 162
Whether in the facts and circumstances of the case, there was a complete chain of circumstances leading only to the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused without leaving room for any other hypothesis; whether the order…
Nagamma @ Nagarathna & Ors. vs The State of Karnataka
SC · 22 September 2025
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 1239 : 2025 INSC 1135
In the instant case, whether the motive projected and the crime has been proved and whether the circumstances lead to the culpability of the accused.
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.
Raja Khan vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 7 February 2025
[2025] 2 S.C.R. 461 : 2025 INSC 167
Whether the prosecution failed to prove the chain of circumstances leading to the guilt of the appellant-accused, beyond reasonable doubt.
Santosh @ Rajesh @ Gopal vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 19 September 2024
[2024] 9 S.C.R. 609 : 2024 INSC 723
Evidence provided by the prosecution, if sufficient to secure a conviction of the appellant for the murder of the victim.
Ravishankar Tandon vs State of Chhattisgarh
SC · 10 April 2024
[2024] 4 S.C.R. 558 : 2024 INSC 299
In a case based on circumstantial evidence wherein the appellantsaccused persons were convicted u/s.302 r/w s.34, ss.120B and 201, s.302 r/w ss.34 and 120B, IPC and sentenced to imprisonment for life, whether the prosecu…
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…
Case Details Perumal Raja @ Perumal vs State, Rep. by Inspector of Police
SC · 3 January 2024
[2024] 1 S.C.R. 87 : 2024 INSC 13
Accused not formally arrested at the time of giving information if can be deemed to be in the ‘custody’ of the police, admissibility of evidence in terms of s.27, Evidence Act, 1872. Conviction and sentence of the appell…
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…
Boby vs State of Kerala
SC · 12 January 2023
[2023] 1 S.C.R. 335 : 2023 INSC 23
Evidence Act, 1872 – s.27 – Discovery of Fact – Criminal trial – Three accused – Disclosure statement allegedly made by accused no.3-appellant – Recovery of dead body of complainant’s husband – Appreciation of evidence –…
Ravi Sharma vs State (Government of NCT of Delhi) and Anr.
SC · 11 July 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 257 : 2022 INSC 699
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.378 – Indian Evidence Act, 1872 – s.27 – FIR was recorded on finding a dead body – PW-2 (brother of deceased) identified the dead body – Statements of both PW-1, father of deceased an…
Venkatesh @ Chandra & Anr. etc. vs State of Karnataka
SC · 19 April 2022
[2022] 4 S.C.R. 556 : 2022 INSC 1302
Evidence Act, 1872: s.27 – Settled Legal Position – Going by the parameters of s.27 of the Evidence Act, only so much of information which relates distinctly to the facts thereby discovered can be stated to have been pro…

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