As per case facts The appellant a college student was convicted for the murder of his friend by shooting him with his father's pistol and for the destruction of evidence ... Section IPC which was upheld by the High Court The case was based on circumstantial evidence and the defense argued that the death was accidental pointing to the bullet's unusual upward trajectory the lack of motive due to their friendly relationship and the medical opinion's failure to conclusively rule out accidental death The question arose whether the chain of circumstantial evidence presented by the prosecution despite the appellant's admitted destruction of evidence was complete and consistent only with the hypothesis of guilt or if the defense's theory of accidental death was reasonably probable Finally the Supreme Court partially set aside the conviction holding that the evidence was not consistent with murder particularly noting the probable trajectory of the bullet and absence of motive the conviction for murder and the Arms Act violation were set aside while the conviction for destruction of evidence Section IPC was sustained and the sentence reduced to the period already undergone

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