Chandrakanthan vs Attorney General – sllr 2015 volume 1 page 165

In the case of Chandrakanthan (Accused Appellant) versus the Attorney General, the court addressed the evidentiary standard required for conviction in murder cases based on circumstantial evidence. It was held that individual strands of circumstantial evidence, which may appear inconclusive in isolation, can collectively establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt when viewed together. The principle reaffirmed is that cumulative circumstantial facts, when jointly considered, must exclude every reasonable hypothesis other than the guilt of the accused. The decision reinforced the application of established criminal law standards relating to the assessment of circumstantial evidence, underscoring that the aggregation of such evidence is sufficient to uphold a conviction where the presumption of