Delayed Witness Disclosure Cannot Sustain Murder Conviction
The Supreme Court has upheld the acquittal of two men in a double-murder case, finding that a key witness’s delayed disclosure made the prosecution narrative...
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Police Recruit’s Omission Was Not Suppression
The Allahabad High Court has restored the selection of a police recruit whose application did not disclose a pending criminal case, holding that the form...
Darkness and Weak Circumstances Undo Murder Convictions
The Supreme Court has acquitted four men convicted of a 2001 murder in Odisha after finding that neither the eyewitness account nor the circumstantial case...