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Circumstantial evidence is wufficent to hold the accused guilty of murder

Raj Kumar Makkad ,
  31 July 2010       Share Bookmark

Court :
Supreme Court of India
Brief :
Murder - Guilty - Whether the accused who absconded after the incident and surrendering after thirteen days of the occurrence of incident is guilty of the offence alleged against him under Section 302 IPC?
Citation :
Chunni Lal v. State of U.P. (Decided on 05.07.2010)

Held, the fact that the accused ran away from the place of occurrence and was not traceable thereafter in the village and the fact that he surrendered after thirteen days of the incident clearly indicate that the appellant was guilty of the offence alleged against him the accused has been rightly convicted of the offence under Section 302 IPC. Delay was reasonable.

 

 
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