Conviction Cannot Rest Solely on Sec 164 Statement; Not Substantive Evidence: Jharkhand HC Acquits Man in Murder Case

The Jharkhand High Court has acquitted Nandlal Yadav, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, ruling that a statement recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.) cannot be the sole basis for a conviction. A division bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Rajesh Kumar held that such statements

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