Steno Jharkhand & Patna Civil Court Dictation No. 897

The Jharakhand High Court has upheld a life imprisonment sentence handed to a man by the Additional Sessions Judge-III, Dumka, in a murder case under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code while observing that in cases with direct evidence, the absence of the weapon used in the crime or its forensic examination does not undermine the prosecution's case. The Division Bench of Justices Subhash Chand and Ananda Sen noted, In case of a direct evidence, the production of the weapon used in the commission of the crime and not sending the same to FSL for examination will not be fatal to prosecution case and no adverse inference can be drawn.