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september 2005

Supreme Court of India · 2005-09-08

REDDY SAMPATH KUMAR vs STATE OF A.P.

Citation / case number
SC 2004/5835
Court
Supreme Court of India
Petitioner
REDDY SAMPATH KUMAR
Respondent
STATE OF A.P.
Author
SEMA
Bench
TARUN CHATTERJEE H.K. SEMA

Judgment text excerpt

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of the appellant under Section 302 IPC for the murder of his father-in-law, mother-in-law, and their three minor children through poisoning with Pan curonium bromide. The Court emphasized that the circumstantial evidence presented was complete and inconsistent with any hypothesis of innocence, thereby affirming the concurrent findings of the trial court and High Court. The judgment reinforces the principle that circumstantial evidence must be conclusive and beyond reasonable doubt to sustain a conviction.

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