Thursday, 12 November 2026

Circumstantial Evidence: Judgments and Case Law

32 items tagged with #Circumstantial Evidence

Judgments

Rajasthan High Court After Supreme Court Remand, Rajasthan High Court Upholds Conviction for 1996 Barmer Murder on Footprint and Forensic Evidence 5 November 2026 Rajasthan High Court Recoveries Alone Cannot Convict: Rajasthan High Court Acquits Three of Bundi Murder, Flags Excess Sentence Under Section 201 5 November 2026 Supreme Court of India Husband's False Epilepsy Plea Completes Chain Under Section 106: Supreme Court Upholds Murder and Dowry Death Convictions 2 November 2026 Rajasthan High Court Hostile Witnesses, Police-Only Recovery Witnesses: Rajasthan High Court Acquits Man of Murdering Wife and Two Daughters 3 November 2026 Rajasthan High Court Unsealed DVRs, Defective 65B Certificates: Rajasthan High Court Acquits 11 in Sikar Double Murder, Sets Aside Death Sentence 1 November 2026 Rajasthan High Court Section 106 Evidence Act Cannot Fill a Broken Chain: Rajasthan High Court Acquits Husband of Wife's Murder 30 October 2026 Rajasthan High Court Section 106 Burden Discharged, Vague Extrajudicial Confession Unsafe: Rajasthan High Court Sets Aside Wife's Life Sentence 31 October 2026 Supreme Court of India Supreme Court Orders U.P. to Pay Rs 6 Lakh to Acquitted Undertrial Jailed Six Years on Slipshod Probe 26 October 2026 Supreme Court of India WhatsApp Message Disowned by Witnesses Only Raises Suspicion: Supreme Court Acquits Man Convicted of Murder 16 October 2026 Supreme Court of India Supreme Court Acquits Man in Child Rape-Murder Case: Recovered Bones Were Male, Last-Seen Evidence Unproved 1 October 2026 Supreme Court of India Unexplained Recording of Convenient Witnesses Dents Credibility: Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal in Double Murder 1 October 2026 Supreme Court of India Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal In Double Murder Case Over Incomplete Chain Of Circumstances 23 September 2026

Articles

Circumstantial Evidence and Last Seen: How Courts Test the Chain
Criminal Law

Circumstantial Evidence and Last Seen: How Courts Test the Chain

How do courts decide a case with no eyewitness? A guide to the complete-chain rule, the last-seen circumstance, recoveries and forensic links, witness conduct, electronic messages, confessions, motive and appellate review, drawn from 15 Supreme Court and Rajasthan High Court judgments with paragraph references.

17 October 2026
7 min read
Appeal Against Acquittal: When Can an Appellate Court Reverse an Acquittal?
Criminal Law

Appeal Against Acquittal: When Can an Appellate Court Reverse an Acquittal?

When may an appellate court set aside an acquittal? A guide to the double presumption of innocence, the two-views rule, the duty to meet the trial court's reasons, the errors that have justified reversal, why acquittals are upheld, hearing on sentence, the victim's appeal and double jeopardy, drawn from 36 Supreme Court and Rajasthan High Court judgments with paragraph references.

17 October 2026
11 min read
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