Serious Procedural Flaws Noted; Bihar Murder Case Remanded for Fresh Examination under Section 313 CrPC: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a nearly decade-old murder conviction from Bihar after finding that the accused were denied the most basic safeguard of criminal justice, the right to reply to allegations in their own words under Section 313 CrPC. The bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh expressed clear concern as they reviewed what they described as incomplete and mechanical questioning. Background of the…
