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Section 114 Indian Evidence Act

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Complete Chain of Circumstantial Evidence Overrides Non-Recovery of Body in Murder Conviction : Delhi HC
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Complete Chain of Circumstantial Evidence Overrides Non-Recovery of Body in Murder Conviction : Delhi HC

Delhi High Court ruled that a murder conviction under Section 302 IPC can stand even without the victim's body if circumstantial evidence-including last seen, disclosure, and recovery of stolen property-forms an unbroken chain establishing guilt beyond reasonable doubt. The judgment reinforces that non-recovery of the body is not fatal where the prosecution's evidence is conclusive.