The appellant, Vijay @ Dhananjay Srikant Shinde, challenged his conviction by the Additional Sessions Judge, Malshiras, for the murder of his brother-in-law, Rajendra Dattatray Chavan, on the night of 07.04.2016, wherein the deceased was allegedly struck on the head with a stone weighing 13.540 kg. The prosecution's case rested primarily on the eyewitness testimony of the deceased's wife (PW1), who claimed to have witnessed the assault, corroborated by the post-mortem findings of PW5 (which confirmed death due to head injury), the inquest panchanama, and Chemical Analyser reports showing human blood on seized articles. The appellant argued that the case was based on circumstantial evidence, that the sole identifying witness was an interested witness whose testimony contained material improvements and omissions, and that the chain of circumstances was incomplete. The Bombay High Court (Circuit Bench at Kolhapur) scrutinised the evidence, noting that the medical evidence, inquest, and eyewitness account together established the homicidal nature of the death and identified the appellant as the assailant. The judgment text provided is incomplete, but the court proceeded to evaluate whether the conviction under Sections 302 and 506 IPC was sustainable on the evidence on record.