In a landmark judgment reasserting the evidentiary standards required in criminal trials based on circumstantial evidence, the Orissa High Court held that police dog tracking cannot be treated as substantive evidence unless corroborated by independent proof. The Court dismissed the State of Odisha’s plea for leave to appeal against the acquittal of two men in
Police Dog Not a Witness, Its Handler’s Testimony Is Hearsay Without Corroboration: Orissa High Court
