What is the Last Seen Theory ?
The last seen theory comes into play where the time gap between the point of time when the accused and the deceased were last seen alive and the deceased is…
What is the role of motive in circumstantial evidence?
In a case based on circumstantial evidence, motive is relevant, but also, there is no rule of law that absence of motive would ipso facto dismember the chain of evidence…
Vinay D. Nagar v. State of Rajasthan, 2008 Cri LJ 1907 (SC)
In Padala Veera Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors., 1989 (Supp) 2 SCC 706, it was laid down that when a case rests upon circumstantial evidence, such evidence…