Penal Code, 1860–Secs. 302/149, 148 & 364/149 & Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989–Sec. 3–Conviction–Sustainability–Circumstantial evidence–Statements of witnesses RS and RL are hearsay–S who gave the information, could not be examined as he died–Statements of PW 7 are not reliable as the deceased could not have been murdered before his abduction–Prosecution produced the self-contradictory circumstances–Chain is not complete–Appellants are entitled to be acquitted.
