Murder Convict Acquitted After Spending 25 Years In Jail and Being Granted Remission in 2021: Allahabad High Court

In a landmark judgment, the High Court of Allahabad acquitted Jaymangal Yadav, who was previously convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for the murder of a person. The appeal against the conviction raised serious concerns about the credibility of the evidence presented in the trial court, particularly focusing on the extra-judicial confession and the recovery of the alleged weapon used in the crime. The appellant’s acquittal…