Supreme Court of India · 2002-09-25
Ram Prasad vs State Of U.P. And Anr.
- Citation / case number
- AIRONLINE 2002 SC 129
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Ram Prasad
- Respondent
- State Of U.P. And Anr.
- Bench
- U.C. Banerjee, B.N. Agarwal
Judgment text excerpt
The case involves a challenge against the acquittal of an accused charged with the gruesome murder of four family members. The Court examined the requirements for conviction based solely on circumstantial evidence in the absence of direct testimony. It reiterated the established legal test that a chain of circumstances must be complete and unerringly point to the guilt of the accused to sustain a conviction beyond reasonable doubt.