Recovery of Dead Body Not Necessary for Murder Conviction: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of Debojit Pankika Charaideo Sonari for the murder of a 10-year-old girl and for causing the disappearance of evidence. The Court ruled that the non-recovery of a dead body does not by itself defeat a prosecution for murder if the prosecution successfully establishes a complete and reliable chain of circumstantial evidence proving both the death and the involvement of the accused. The judgment…
