“Chance Witnesses” and “Incomplete Chain of Circumstances” Insufficient for Conviction: Allahabad HC Acquits Man in 39-Year-Old Rape-Murder Case

The Allahabad High Court has set aside the conviction of a man sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1987 rape and murder case, ruling that the prosecution failed to establish a complete chain of circumstances pointing consistently to the guilt of the accused. The Division Bench comprising Justice Siddharth and Justice Prashant Mishra-I observed that

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