Supreme Court: In an appeal challenging the judgment and order dated 1-05-2012 passed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court setting aside the Trial Court judgment sentencing the respondent under Section 302 of Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’) and thereby acquitting him, the Division Bench of B.V. Nagarathna and Manoj Misra, JJ. refused to interfere with the High Court’s view and dismissed the State’s appeal. The Court pointed towards the circumstantial evidence pressed upon by the prosecution, i.e., Last seen evidence of deceased accompanied by the accused in his own house at 7PM on 10-12-1998; Deceased’s dead body with multiple injuries found by his nephew in his own house at 1PM on 12-12-1998; Autopsy report dated 12-12-1998 reflecting possible cause of death within 2 days as a result of shock and haemorrhage due to ante mortem incised wounds; Extra-judicial confession by accused followed by handing over to the police custody; Accused’s disclosure to the police on 25-12-1998 regarding place of hidden knife used in alleged crime followed by recovery of the same; The opinion of the Autopsy surgeon that the incised wounds on deceased’s body could be caused by that knife. The Trial Court found the aforementioned chain of circumstantial evidence to be complete to conclusively indicate that no one else but the accused committed murder, and therefore convicted and sentenced the accused.