In Brief
Rambraksh was convicted by the Sessions Court and High Court for murder of Ramsevak based mainly on being the last person seen with the deceased seven days before skeletal remains were found. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and set aside the conviction, holding that a conviction cannot rest solely on 'last seen together' evidence without a complete chain of circumstantial evidence. The court found material defects: the prosecution failed to establish death through credible forensic evidence, the principal witness gave testimony with material improvements inconsistent with her earlier statement, there was unexplained seven-day delay in filing the complaint, and no corroborative evidence supported guilt.
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