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Nazim & Ors. v. The State of Uttarakhand

Whether the prosecution has succeeded in establishing, beyond a reasonable doubt, a complete chain of circumstances leading only to the conclusion of…

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
6 Oct 2025
Citation
[2025] 10 S.C.R. 263
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 715/2018
Bench
M.m. Sundresh, Satish Chandra Sharma

Issue for consideration

Whether the prosecution has succeeded in establishing, beyond a reasonable doubt, a complete chain of circumstances leading only to the conclusion of guilt of the Appellants, or whether the circumstances leave room for reasonable doubt – Penal Code, 1860 – ss.302, 201, 120-B – Conviction of the appellants u/ss.302, 201, 120-B, IPC rested largely on the testimony of three prosecution witnesses, PW-2, PW-3 and PW-4 – Interference with: Held: 1.1 Prosecution failed to establish a complete and unbroken

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