In Brief
A man was convicted of murdering his wife and disposing of her body in a well after she went missing. He had reported her as missing to police, and her body was later found. The Supreme Court allowed his appeal and acquitted him. The Court held that in cases based on circumstantial evidence, guilt must be proven beyond reasonable doubt with complete chains of evidence—mere suspicion is insufficient. Here, the prosecution failed to examine the investigating officer, produced no direct evidence linking the accused to the crime, and relied only on hearsay and vague statements. The Court found the circumstances did not exclude the possibility of innocence and set aside both the trial and high court convictions, holding this was a serious miscarriage of justice.
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