Weak Circumstantial Evidence Cannot Sustain Conviction, Two Men Acquitted in Uttarakhand Rape-Murder Case: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has acquitted two men who were earlier sentenced to death in a 2012 rape and murder case from Uttarakhand, holding that the prosecution failed to prove a complete and reliable chain of circumstantial evidence. The Court set aside the judgments of both the trial court and the Uttarakhand High Court and granted full acquittal to the accused. Bench And Decision The judgment was delivered by a Bench…