Determining the Court's Perspective in a Case Involving Circumstantial Evidence with Two Possible Views: One Pointing to the Guilt and the Other to th

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Adding on to the aforesaid legal principles, in Devi Lal v. State of Rajasthan MANU/SC/0034/2019 : (2019) 19 SCC 447, a three-judge Bench of this Court held that in a case based on circumstantial evidence where two views are possible, one pointing to the guilt and the other to his innocence, the Accused is entitled to the benefit of one which is favourable to him. The relevant portion of the