In Brief
The appellant, Bandaru Ramesh, was convicted of murdering his cousin Rajnikanth, stealing cash and gold ornaments, and retaining the stolen property. The crime was established through circumstantial evidence: the appellant was the last to see the deceased alive, misled the victim's mother about the deceased's whereabouts, was left with the house keys, and abandoned the house before the body was discovered. Stolen valuables were recovered from him. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction, finding a complete and unbroken chain of circumstances pointing exclusively to the appellant's guilt, with no break in the logical inference.
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