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Supreme Court of India 2022-02-23 dismissed

Sathish Kumar A @ Sathishkumar Anand @ Sathish Kumar Gupta vs State of Karnataka

Bench: 3 — <UNKNOWN>, <UNKNOWN>, <UNKNOWN>

In Brief

The appellant was convicted by the trial court for murdering his wife, Smt. Priyanka Gupta, on 10.08.2010, and for obstructing justice by fabricating a false narrative to conceal the crime. The High Court upheld the conviction. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, finding that the circumstantial evidence—including false claims about receiving a call from his wife while jogging, the discovery of bloodstained shoes at his residence, and contradictions in call records—formed a complete and unbroken chain proving his guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

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Criminal Procedure Evidence Law Circumstantial Evidence Murder Obstruction of Justice

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