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2026 DAILYLAW 36243 (PNJ)
TITU @ RAJU AND ANR v. STATE OF HARYANA
CRA-D/685/2014 · 2026-08-13
Deepak Manchanda, Rajesh Bhardwaj
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chain of circumstances that would point towards the guilt of the accused with some certainty. The “last seen theory” holds the courts to shift the burden of proof to the accused and the accused to offer a reasonable explanation as to the cause of death of the deceased. It is well-settled by this Court that it is not prudent to base the conviction solely on “last seen theory”. “Last seen theory” should be applied taking into consideration the case of the prosecution in its entirety and keeping in mind the circumstances that precede and follow the point of being so last seen.L
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