The following
conditions must be fulfilled before a case against an accused can be said to be
fully established on basis of circumstantial evidences. (1) The circumstances
from which the conclusion of guilt is to be drawn should be fully established.
(2) The facts so established should be consistent only with the hypothesis of
the guilt of the accused, that is to say, they should not be explainable on any
other hypothesis except that the accused is guilty, (3) The circumstances
should be of a conclusive nature and tendency, (4) They should exclude every
possible hypothesis except the one to be proved, and (5) There must be a chain
of evidence so complete as to leave no reasonable ground for a conclusion
consistent with the innocence of the accused and must show that in all human
probability, the act must have been done by the accused.