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In which of the following case did the Supreme Court of India sustain the conviction and death sentence…

In Har Dayal v. State of Uttar Pradesh (1976), the Supreme Court sustained both the conviction and the death sentence for murder based entirely on a complete and unbroken…

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In which of the following case did the Supreme Court of India sustain the conviction and death sentence for the offence of murder on the basis of circumstantial evidence only?

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In Har Dayal v. State of Uttar Pradesh (1976), the Supreme Court sustained both the conviction and the death sentence for murder based entirely on a complete and unbroken chain of circumstantial evidence, unlike the other cited cases, where the sentence question did not similarly result in an upheld death sentence on that basis.

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