Man gets life term for killing Bengaluru IBM techie; 'last seen' theory clinches case
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A 2016 Bengaluru murder conviction hinged entirely on the "last seen" theory — revealing how courts build guilt from circumstantial threads when no direct witness exists.
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Theory Briefing
- A 38-year-old techie was sentenced to life for murdering his woman friend, with no eyewitness to the 2016 crime.
- The conviction rested on the 'last seen together' theory — the accused being the final known person with the victim shifts the burden of proof to him.
- Circumstantial evidence, not direct proof, clinched the case, showing how inference chains can satisfy a court's standard of guilt beyond reasonable doubt.