Penal Code (45 of 1860) , S.302— Evidence Act (1 of 1872) , S.3— Murder – Circumstantial evidence – Allegation that accused injured deceased by a ‘farsi’which caused his death – Alleged motive of strained relationship between accused and deceased due to non-payment of wages, was not sufficient for drastic action of killing deceased – There was no cogent evidence to show that accused was person last seen in company of deceased – Weapon of crime was recovered after 20-25 days of incident – There was no forensic report to prove that blood stains on ‘farsi’ matched with blood of deceased – Recovery of weapon of crime was doubtful and it was also not certain that it was actually weapon of crime – Evidence of witnesses was not found credible regarding having seen accused fleeing from scene of crime – Accused was held entitled to benefit of doubt and was acquitted
