Section 106 of Evidence Act Archives

Supreme Court upholds conviction of man for murdering his wife; Rejects plea of alibi

The absence of any explanation or defense from the convict, coupled with the surrounding circumstances that pointed to his culpability, led the Supreme Court to conclude that the only plausible inference was that the convict had participated in the commission of the crime.

Case Briefs High Courts

Suspicion alone insufficient for conviction; Orissa High Court acquits two and convicts one in murder case

“In dealing with circumstantial evidence, there is always a danger that conjecture or suspicion lingering on mind might take the place of proof and therefore, the Court has to be watchful and ensure that such thing should not take place.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Presumption of murder can be drawn when abduction and destroying of the body by the accused is already proved

Supreme Court: In a reference from a 2-judge bench verdict where Justice V. Gopala Gowda acquitted and Justice Arun Mishra convicted the

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Conviction for murder set aside where ‘reverse burden’ wrongly shifted on accused to prove innocence, law regarding S. 106 Evidence Act restated

Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Mir Alfaz Ali and Nani Tagia, JJ., allowed an appeal filed against the order of the