Supreme Court Upholds Conviction for Murder and Train Derailment Based on Voluntary Confession and Circumstantial Evidence; Tracker Dog Evidence Not Determinative. Conviction for removing fish plates and causing derailment leading to deaths was upheld under sections of Indian Penal Code and Railways Act despite challenge to confession voluntariness and dog tracking evidence.
2 May 1969The case arose from the derailment of the Poona-Wasco Express train on October 10, 1966, at Vaddi bridge near Miraj railway station, resulting in ten ...
