STATE OF PUNJAB vs KEWAL KRISHAN — Crl.A. No. 2128/2014

The Supreme Court dismissed the State of Punjab's appeal, upholding the High Court's acquittal of Kewal Krishan of murder charges under Section 302 IPC. The Court found that the circumstantial evidence—including the "last seen" testimony, recovered knife without serological confirmation, and extra-judicial confession—was insufficient to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt, as it failed to form a complete chain excluding hypotheses consistent with innocence. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.