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Fleeing drowning scene reprehensible, but not indicative of premeditated murder: Supreme Court

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Fleeing drowning scene reprehensible, but not indicative of premeditated murder: Supreme Court
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that an accused person’s reprehensible subsequent conduct — such as failing to report an accident or attempting to conceal it — may raise suspicion but cannot alone establish premeditated murder without evidence of a homicidal act.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran set aside the conviction and life sentence of two men accused of murdering their friend, who was found drowned in a river on July 17, 2006. The court held that the eviden

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