Murder Convict Acquitted as Hostile Witnesses and Flawed Postmortem Report Collapse Prosecution Case: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India has acquitted a man who was serving life imprisonment in a murder case under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The Court held that the prosecution completely failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt because of hostile witnesses, contradictory evidence and serious defects in medical records. Supreme Court Bench and…