In Brief
Three men were prosecuted for murdering Rajendra Prasad in his village shop in 1990. Based on circumstantial evidence—including motive (a grudge the lead accused held against the victim), the accused being seen in the area shortly before the crime, recovery of stolen goods and a blood-stained weapon from their homes, and discovery of the victim's shop lock—both trial and high courts found them guilty and sentenced them to life imprisonment. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction, holding that the seven circumstances established by the prosecution formed an unbroken chain proving guilt beyond doubt, and that the courts below committed no perversity in their findings."
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