As per case facts, appellants Ashok Toppo and Amit Bhagat caused Kishore Goswami's death and disposed of his body in a septic tank, leading to conviction under Sections 302/34 & ... 201 IPC. The appeal challenged this conviction, arguing the "last seen together" theory wasn't established or corroborated, and prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt. The question arose whether the trial Court was justified in convicting based solely on "last seen together" without sufficient corroboration. Finally, the High Court noted a significant time gap in "last seen" evidence and found other recovery circumstances (blood-stained spade, mobile, iron angle) lacked proper corroboration or proof of link to the deceased. The court concluded the prosecution failed to prove the offence beyond reasonable doubt and acquitted both appellants, giving them the benefit of doubt.