Supreme Court of India
PAPAN SARKAR @ PRANAB versus STATE OF WEST BENGAL
2026 INSC 528
Issue for consideration
Whether the order of conviction by the Trial Court, affirmed by the High Court, based on the circumstances of the last seen together theory, extra-judicial confession, recovery of the objects used as weapons and a motorbike, seizures from the place of occurrence, oral ought to be reversed.
Headnote excerpt
Circumstantial Evidence – Complete chain of circumstances, when not established – Trial court found from the last seen together theory, extra-judicial confession, recovery of the objects used as weapons and a motorbike, the seizures carried out
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