Five Accused of Witch-Hunting and Murder Acquitted for Lack of Clear Evidence of Abduction or Killing: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has acquitted five accused persons in a case involving the alleged abduction and murder of a woman suspected of being a witch. The Division Bench of Justice Michael Zothankhuma and Justice Anjan Moni Kalita held that the prosecution failed to establish the charges beyond reasonable doubt and that the circumstantial evidence did not form a complete chain connecting the accused with the woman’s death. Court Says…