State of A. P. vs. Patchimala Vingeswarudu @ Viggana @ Ganapathi (SC)

Penal Code, 1860–Sec. 302–Murder of wife–Circumstantial evidence–Acquittal by High Court on the ground of incomplete chain of circumstances–Strain relations between deceased and accused–Accused took the deceased in night movie show from his in-laws house–Body was recovered on next day–Cause of death was asphyxia due to strangulation–Accused absconded after the incident–Witnesses proved that the accused was suffering from balanoposthitis and he suspected that it might have been transmitted to him through his wife–He accepted this fact in his statements u/s. 313–Held, chain of circumstances is found complete and acquittal was not justified.