RAVISHANKAR TANDONversusSTATE OF CHHATTISGARH
Case No.: CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3869/2023
Decision Date: 10-04-2024
Disposal: Appeal(s) allowed
Neutral Citation: 2024INSC299

BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI*, SANDEEP MEHTA Issue for Consideration In a case based on circumstantial evidence wherein the appellants- accused 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 prosecution was able to prove beyond reasonable doubt that dead body of the deceased from the pond was on the basis of the information given by the appellants in the statement recorded u/s.27, Evidence Act, 1872. Headnotes Evidence Act, 1872 – s.27 – Prosecution relied on the memorandum of the appellants-accused u/s.27 and the subsequent 

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