Husband Sentenced to Life for Wife's 1979 Murder Acquitted; Four-Year Delay in FIR Cited: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has acquitted a man who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the alleged murder of his wife in 1979. The court found that there was an unexplained delay of more than four years in lodging the FIR, which cast serious doubt on the prosecution’s case. The court also pointed out contradictions in medical evidence regarding the cause of death, which further weakened the case against the…
