In Brief
A father was convicted of murdering his son with an axe following a dispute over a house construction. Multiple witnesses testified that the accused entered a room armed with an axe and emerged with it, while the victim lay dead from axe injuries to the head. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction despite minor contradictions in witness statements and the absence of forensic examination of the weapon. The Court held that the prosecution proved guilt beyond reasonable doubt through credible eyewitness and circumstantial evidence, combined with medical evidence consistent with axe injuries and recovery of the weapon itself.
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