Ajit Toppo v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Murder appeal dismissed; circumstantial-evidence conviction under S. 302 IPC upheld; homicidal incised/lacerated neck wounds by axe (PW-7 postmortem); PW-1 son and PW-2 wife depositions on appellant sleeping with and being present beside deceased and hiding the axe; S. 27 Evidence Act recovery of blood-stained axe from kitchen garden on memorandum statement; FSL human blood group A on axe (Ex.P-26); Panchsheel/chain-link circumstantial tests applied; High Court of Chhattisgarh, CRA No. 459 of 2024, decided 16/07/2025; life imprisonment and Rs.500/- fine affirmed.
What did the court decide?
None; conviction and sentence affirmed — the appellant, who is in jail, shall serve out the sentence as ordered by the learned trial Court, with liberty to assail this judgment before the Supreme Court with assistance of the High Court/Supreme Court Legal Services Committees.