'In a Free Fight, Each Person Is Responsible for Their Own Act': Four Women Acquitted, Conviction of Two Men Upheld in 1984 Clash: Allahabad High Court '

The Allahabad High Court has held that when the prosecution fails to establish which side was the aggressor in a violent clash, the incident is to be treated as a "free fight", where every individual is responsible only for his or her own act. Applying this principle, the Court acquitted four women due to lack of evidence regarding their participation in the assault, while upholding the conviction of two men…