Suspicion, Howsoever Grave, Can't Substitute Proof In Criminal Trial, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

ashok kini

11 Jan 2019 4:30 PM IST

"Though the materials on record hold some suspicion towards them, but the prosecution has failed to elevate its case from the realm of "may be true" to the plane of "must be true" as is indispensably required in law for conviction on a criminal charge."

"In a criminal trial, suspicion, howsoever grave, cannot substitute proof", reiterated the Supreme Court while allowing the appeals filed by two murder accused.Devi Lal and Babu Lal were convicted by the trial court after it found them guilty of murder of one Dharam Chand. The conviction was mainly based on circumstantial evidence and also taking into account the extrajudicial confession made...

Suspicion, Howsoever Grave, Can't Substitute Proof In Criminal Trial, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

ashok kini

"Though the materials on record hold some suspicion towards them, but the prosecution has failed to elevate its case from the realm of "may be true" to the plane of "must be true" as is indispensably required in law for conviction on a criminal charge."

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