Penal Code, 1860–Secs. 302/120-B & 201–Conviction–Circumstantial evidence–Circumstance of illicit relation of deceased with the wife of the appellant–Statements made by the appellant in this regard during the investigation, cannot be taken as admissible in evidence–Witnesses of recovery were declared hostile–No FSL report in regard to bloodstains found on the recovered knife–Blood of AB group was found on the clothes of the appellant, however, the prosecution did not make any effort to rule out that blood group AB is not of the accused–Recovery of parts of rickshaw is also not connecting the appellant with offence–Prosecution failed to establish the chain of circumstances–Held, the appellant is entitled to be acquitted.
