Supreme Court Restores Acquittal in Murder Case Due to Unreliable Extra-Judicial Confession and Circumstantial Evidence. The High Court's reversal was unjustified as the trial court's acquittal was not perverse, and the evidence failed to meet the stringent standards for circumstantial proof under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
3 Mar 2023The appeal arose from a murder case where the appellant was charged under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The trial court had acquitted th...
