Murder--Unexplained Delay In Recording Statements of Eye-Witness--Acquittal
Conviction of co-accused cannot be sustained solely on account of association with the principal accused. Where testimony of eye-witnesses suffers from unexplained delay in recording, material contradictions with medical evidence, and admitted absence of the principal witness from the scene, such testimony does not meet the threshold of credibility required to sustain conviction. Inconsistency between ocular and medical evidence, coupled with doubtful presence of witnesses and lack of corroboration, renders prosecution evidence unreliable against co-accused. However, where circumstantial evidence against the principal accused forms a complete, consistent, and coherent chain incompatible with any hypothesis other than guilt, conviction on that basis is sustainable.
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