In Brief
The appellants were convicted for offences including murder, kidnapping, and misuse of explosives and arms based primarily on circumstantial evidence and the extra-judicial confession of one appellant. The Supreme Court held that the prosecution failed to establish a complete chain of circumstantial evidence connecting the appellants to the crime. The Court found the 'theory of last seen together' and a bare extra-judicial confession insufficient to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Consequently, the Court allowed the appeal and set aside the convictions, emphasizing that in cases based on circumstantial evidence, every link in the chain must be established beyond doubt.
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