The Supreme Court granted regular bail to filmmaker Vikram Bhatt and Shwetambari Bhatt in a Rs 30 crore fraud case linked to Indira Entertainment LLP, set aside the Rajasthan High Court’s denial, and referred the dispute to mediation.
The Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow Bench set aside a 2006 triple-murder conviction, as Justices Rajnish Kumar and Zafeer Ahmad ruled the circumstantial evidence incomplete and unreliable. The court stressed extra-judicial confessions are weak, and recoveries cannot prove guilt reasonable doubt.
The Delhi High Court acquitted Feroz Ahmad in a 2000 robbery and shooting case, stressing that criminal law demands certainty of identity. Judges held evidence unreliable, citing poor visibility and witnesses’ eyesight, warning courts cannot punish ghosts or persons.
