VADUGU CHANTI BABU vs STATE OF A.P.

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 IPC for the murder of his wife, V. Siva Parvathi, despite the absence of positive medical evidence regarding the cause of death. The Court emphasized the reliance on ocular evidence provided by PW-1 and circumstantial evidence from PW-5, concluding that the evidence sufficiently established the appellant's guilt. The Court affirmed the lower courts' findings, reinforcing the principle that circumstantial evidence can be sufficient for conviction when corroborated by eyewitness accounts.