In Brief
The State appealed the High Court's acquittal of three accused charged with murder and causing disappearance of evidence. The prosecution relied on circumstantial evidence, but the High Court found it doubtful and contradictory. Key material witnesses were not produced; most prosecution witnesses were declared hostile; and the chain of evidence was incomplete. The Supreme Court upheld the acquittal, holding that in circumstantial evidence cases, the prosecution must establish a complete, conclusive chain that excludes all reasonable doubt of innocence. Here, the prosecution failed to do so, leaving reasonable grounds for innocence.
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