Suspicion However Strong Cannot Be Ground For Conviction: Supreme Court Acquits Murder Accused
Case: Ram Niwas vs State of Haryana
Coram: Justices BR Gavai and PS Narasimha
Case No.: CrA 25 OF 2012
Court Observation: This Court has held that there has to be a chain of evidence so complete so as not to leave any reasonable ground for a conclusion consistent with the innocence of the accused and must show that in all human probability the act must have been done by the accused. It has been held that the circumstances should be of a conclusive nature and tendency. This Court has held that the circumstances should exclude every possible hypothesis except the one to be proved. It has been held that the accused ‘must be’ and not merely ‘may be’ guilty before a Court can convict.. It is settled law that the suspicion, however strong it may be, cannot take the place of proof beyond reasonable doubt. An accused cannot be convicted on the ground of suspicion, no matter how strong it is. An accused is presumed to be innocent unless proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Keywords
Acquits Murder Accused, Suspicion
