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  Citation Case Title: Pakala Narayana Swami vs Emperor Citation: AIR 1939 PC 47 Court: Privy Council (on appeal from the Federal Court of British India) Judgment Date: 19 January 1939 Judges: Lord Atkin, Sir George Rankin, and Sir Lancelot Sanderson   Facts The case involves a chilling story of murder, deceit, and circumstantial evidence . A man (the deceased) received an anonymous letter inviting him to Berhampur to collect money owed to his wife. Trusting the letter, he left his home in Puri and was never seen alive again. A few days later, his mutilated body was found stuffed inside a steel trunk on a train at Puri railway station. The trunk was traced back to the house of Pakala Narayana Swami , who was then arrested. The main piece of evidence the prosecution relied upon was a statement the deceased made to his wife before leaving home: that he was going to Berhampur to collect money from the accused’s wife. The prosecution sought to a...