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Rajagopal had ordered his henchmen to kill Santhakumar but he managed to escape.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, Rajagopal took PW1 to an astrologer to remove the alleged influence of witchcraft (black magic) which was allegedly the cause of her being in love with Santhakumar.<\/li>\n<li>When Santhakumar contacted his wife after escaping, she convinced him to come back and later, he, along with his wife, went to seek Rajagopal\u2019s mercy, thus revealing to him that he was still alive.<\/li>\n<li>Rajagopal again made a plan to kill Santhakumar and abducted the couple. He then handed over Santhakumar to his henchmen and ordered them to \u2018finish him off\u2019. Rajagopal took off with PW1.<\/li>\n<li>Rajagopal took PW1 and her family to an astrologer again where PW1 was made to undergo certain rituals in the presence of the Rajagopal\u2019s second wife.<\/li>\n<li>Later, much to her shock, PW1 learnt that these rituals were traditionally conducted by the wife after the death of her husband. This made her suspicious and she lodges and FIR.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Circumstantial evidence<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prosecution mainly relied upon three circumstances to prove the guilt of the accused, i.e. motive, the last seen circumstance and the recovery of the dead body at the instance of the accused.\u00a0 An additional link in the chain of circumstances is the non\u00adexplanation by the accused about the last seen circumstance in their statement recorded under Section 313 of the Cr.P.C.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Noticing that there is no direct evidence in this matter and the whole case rests on circumstantial evidence, the Court said that the evidence of PWs 1 and 2 with regard to the motive for commission of the offence, the last seen circumstance and recovery as well as the identification of the dead body is consistent with the case of the prosecution.\u00a0 \u00a0The Court also took note of the fact that one of accused made a confession based on which, recoveries of a wallet containing a photograph of PW1, gold chain etc were effected from his house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Ruling<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stating that the prosecution has fully proved that Rajagopal had murdered Santhakumar by strangulating him and thereafter throwing the dead body at Tiger\u00adChola, the Court said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is worth recalling that while it is necessary that proof beyond reasonable doubt should be adduced in all criminal cases, it is not necessary that such proof should be perfect, and someone who is guilty cannot get away with impunity only because the truth may develop some infirmity when projected through human processes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court, hence, concluded that the chain of circumstances is complete and points solely at the guilt of Rajagopal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[Pattu Rajan v. 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