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Supreme Court and High Courts judgments on Circumstantial evidence

173 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2026. A judgment is listed here when its headnote names this subject: the Supreme Court Reports' own headnote (naming the subject), or an AI-written headnote that was reviewed and approved. A mention in the full text alone does not count.

Md. Mannan @ Abdul Mannan vs State of Bihar
SC · 14 February 2019
[2019] 8 S.C.R. 266 : 2019 INSC 196
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.235(2) – Hearing on question of sentence – Death sentence – Right of a convict – Held: Opportunity should be given to a convict to bring on record mitigating circumstances for reductio…
Chandru @ Chandrasekaran vs State Rep. by Deputy Superintendent of Police Cb Cid and Anr.
SC · 12 February 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 105 : 2019 INSC 176
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w. s. 120B – Murder – Prosecution case based on circumstantial evidence – Conviction by the trial court – High Court affirmed the conviction in appeal – On appeal, held: There was inconsistency…
Bikash Bora and Ors. vs The State of Assam
SC · 5 February 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 1096 : 2019 INSC 141
Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302 – Murder – Prosecution case that appellants caused fatal injuries to victim to which he succumbed – Conviction of the appellants u/ss. 302/34, and sentenced accordingly, on the basis of the circ…
Nand Kishore vs State of Madhya Pradesh
SC · 18 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 260 : 2019 INSC 58
Sentence/Sentencing – Death sentence – Award of – On facts, rape and murder of a minor girl by appellant aged 50 years – Conviction of the appellant u/ss.302, 363, 366 and 376(2)(i) and award of death sentence on basis o…
Ashish Jain vs Makrand Singh and Ors.
SC · 14 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 345 : 2019 INSC 47
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302/34, 394/34 and 449 – ss. 11/13 of Madhya Pradesh Dakaiti and Vyapharan Prabhavit Kshetra Adhiniyam, 1981 and ss. 25(1)(b)(a) r/w s. 27 of Arms Act, 1959 – Prosecution under – Of three accused –…
Devi Lal vs State of Rajasthan
SC · 8 January 2019
[2019] 1 S.C.R. 168 : 2019 INSC 29
Penal Code, 1860: s. 302 and s.120B – Murder alleged against four accused – Prosecution – Circumstantial evidence – Trial court convicted the two appellants-accused relying on evidence of three witnesses and on extra-jud…
Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik vs State of Maharashtra
SC · 12 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 585 : 2018 INSC 1194
Administration of Criminal Justice – Capital Punishment – Factors to be considered – Appellant convicted for the rape and murder of a 3 year old girl – Conviction as also capital punishment awarded to the appellant was c…
Surendra Singh & Anr. vs State of Uttarakhand
SC · 4 December 2018
[2018] 14 S.C.R. 1056 : 2018 INSC 1148
Penal Code, 1860: ss.457, 380 and 302/34 – Prosecution under – Of three accused – Circumstantial evidence – Conviction of all the three accused by courts below – Appeal against A-1 abated due to death of A-1 during pende…
Palani vs State of Tamil Nadu
SC · 27 November 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 658 : 2018 INSC 1105
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.148, 435 r/w. s.149 and s.302 r/w. s.149 – Case of the prosecution that when mother and brother of ‘S’ (PW-1 and PW-2 respectively) were going in an auto, ‘S’ along with PW-3 followed them on a moto…
Reena Hazarika vs State of Assam
SC · 31 October 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 1108 : 2018 INSC 1029
S.C.R. 1108 REENA HAZARIKA v. STATE OF ASSAM (Criminal Appeal No. 1330 of 2018) OCTOBER 31, 2018 [R. F. NARIMAN AND NAVIN SINHA, JJ.] Evidence: Circumstantial evidence – Links in the chain of circumstances – Determinatio…
Asar Mohammad and Ors. vs The State of U.P.
SC · 24 October 2018
[2018] 13 S.C.R. 248 : 2018 INSC 985
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 201 – Murder – Circumstantial evidence – Prosecution of three accused – Confessional statement of one accused (appellant No.1) – Recovery of dead bodies at his instance – FIR lodged on the b…
Bilal Hajar @ Abdul Hameed vs State Rep. by the Inspector of Police
SC · 10 October 2018
[2018] 12 S.C.R. 781 : 2018 INSC 945
Penal Code, 1860 – s. 120-B – Conviction under – Prosecution case was that the nine accused (A-1 to A-9) hatched a criminal conspiracy in the house of appellant (A-6) to murder the victim – Trial Court convicted A-1 to A…
Suresh and Anr. vs State of Haryana
SC · 21 August 2018
[2018] 9 S.C.R. 959 : 2018 INSC 734
Penal Code, 1860: s.302 r/w s.34 – Murder – Circumstantial evidence – Political rivalry – Incident on election day – Prosecution case was that victim-deceased was election agent of the losing candidate – Accused A-1 and…
State of Karnataka vs A. B. Mahesha etc.
SC · 14 August 2018
[2018] 10 S.C.R. 922 : 2018 INSC 702
Appeal: State’s appeal against acquittal – Trial court convicted respondents/accused for offence of murder on the basis of circumstantial evidence – High Court set aside conviction and acquitted all the accused – On Stat…
Sonvir @ Somvir vs The State of NCT of Delhi
SC · 2 July 2018
[2018] 7 S.C.R. 830 : 2018 INSC 562
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302 and 392 u/s. 34 – Prosecution of three accused, including appellant (accused No. 2) – For double murder – u/ss. 120-B, 302, 392 and 397-IPC – Trial court relying on the circumstantial evidence v…
Khurshid Ahmed vs State of Jammu and Kashmir
SC · 15 May 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 1121 : 2018 INSC 518
Ranbir Penal Code – s.302 – Prosecution case that there was a scuffle between the appellant-accused and ‘A’ over some payment issue – Same day in evening, appellant-accused assaulted ‘A’ on his head in presence of his fa…
Murugan vs State of Tamil Nadu
SC · 2 May 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 677 : 2018 INSC 440
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 364 and 302/34 –Kidnapping or abducting in order to murder – On facts, father not agreeing to proposal of main accused of marriage with his daughter – On the fateful day, main accused alongwith the…
Chandra Bhawan Singh vs The State of Uttar Pradesh
SC · 1 May 2018
[2018] 5 S.C.R. 646 : 2018 INSC 435
CHANDRA BHAWAN SINGH v. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH (Criminal Appeal No. 654 of 2018) MAY 01, 2018 [R. K. AGRAWAL AND ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860: s. 302/34 – Prosecution under – Of four accused – Circumsta…
Bhaskarrao & Ors. vs State of Maharashtra
SC · 26 April 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 751 : 2018 INSC 419
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 147, 148, 452 r/w s. 149, s.302/149 and s.506 – Prosecution under – For murder of a person – by 16 accused – Trial Court acquitted all the accused – High Court reversed the acquittal order – On appe…
Navaneethakrishnan vs The State by Inspector of Police
SC · 16 April 2018
[2018] 6 S.C.R. 749 : 2018 INSC 343
Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w. s.34, ss.364 and 379 – Conviction based on circumstantial evidence – FIR registered by PW-8 stating that ‘J’ employed as driver in his travel agency along with another person took his van an…
Gorusu Nagaraju S/O Apparao vs State of Andhra Pradesh
SC · 23 March 2018
[2018] 3 S.C.R. 60 : 2018 INSC 257
GORUSU NAGARAJU S/O APPARAO v. STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH (Criminal Appeal No. 1032 of 2007) MARCH 23, 2018 [R. K. AGRAWAL AND ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, JJ.] Penal Code, 1860: ss.302 and 201 – Murder – Circumstantial evidence –…
Dev Kanya Tiwari vs The State of U.P.
SC · 12 March 2018
[2018] 4 S.C.R. 281 : 2018 INSC 228
Penal Code, 1860 – s. 302 r/w. s.34 – Prosecution case that brother of complainant-PW-5 was killed by his wife and in-laws – Defence plea that the deceased had committed suicide by consuming poisonous tablets – During th…
State of Himachal Pradesh vs Raj Kumar
SC · 8 January 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 102 : 2018 INSC 9
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 201 r/w.34 – Case based on circumstantial evidence – Deceased was residing with PW1 (son), PW2 (daughter) and accused-respondent (brother-in-law) – On the fateful night, PW1 heard the cries of…

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