In Brief
The appellant was arrested on copyright violation charges and held in police custody. He attacked a Head Constable in the custody room with an iron stool, causing death, and attempted to escape. The trial court convicted him for murder under Section 302 IPC and attempted escape under Sections 224 r/w 511 IPC. The High Court affirmed the conviction. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction, finding the chain of circumstantial evidence complete: the appellant was alone with the deceased when locked in, he used the deceased's phone to make a false distress call to divert police, and he was caught attempting escape when the door opened. The Court rejected the appeal.
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