The Allahabad High Court has set aside the conviction of appellants in a criminal appeal dating back to 1984, ruling that a conviction under Section 365 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) cannot be sustained in the absence of evidence regarding wrongful confinement or the recovery of the victim’s corpus. Justice Anish Kumar Gupta allowed
Section 365 IPC Conviction Unsustainable Without Proof of Wrongful Confinement or Recovery of Victim: Allahabad HC
