KODALI PURANCHANDRA RAO & ANR. vs THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ANDHRA PRADESH

The Supreme Court held that to establish an offense under Section 201 IPC, the prosecution must prove that an offense was committed, the accused had knowledge of it, and intentionally caused evidence to disappear to screen the offender from legal punishment. The Court found that the circumstantial evidence indicated the unnatural deaths of two girls, dismissing the appeal against the High Court's conviction of the accused under Sections 201, 218, and 468 IPC. The judgment emphasized that the determination of whether circumstantial evidence is sufficient is a factual question, not a legal one.