History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.354

v4.c63.354

⁵⁴⁶ Best on 'Evidence' (12th ed. 1922) sec. 294 cites as an illustration of circumstantial evidence the fact of one armed being regarded as the probable murderer in certain cases. Compare Wills on 'Circumstantial evidence' (7th ed. of 1937 English and Indian combined) p. 145 'Amongst the most forcible of presumptive indications may be mentioned all attempts to pollute or disturb the current of truth or justice, or to prevent a fair or impartial trial by endeavours to intimidate, suborn, bribe or otherwise tamper with the prosecutor, or the witnesses or the officers of justice, or by the concealment, suppression, destruction, alteration of any article of real evidence'.