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Vaibhav v. The State of Maharashtra

Circumstantial evidence – Missing links in the chain of circumstances – Accidental gunshot injury

Disposed of
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
4 Jun 2025
Citation
[2025] 7 S.C.R. 407
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1643/2012
Bench
B.v. Nagarathna, Satish Chandra Sharma

Issue for consideration

In a case based on circumstantial evidence where there were missing links in the chain of circumstances, whether the finding of the High Court regarding the conviction of the appellant for offences u/ss.302, 201 r/w s.34, Penal Code, 1860 and s.5 r/w s.25(1)(a), Arms Act, of the evidence on record.

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