A Delhi court freed six men in a 2020 riots case, ruling the charges were false and the investigation unreliable. The judge warned police of “serious erosion of faith in law.”
The Supreme Court is reviewing the provision in the SC/ST Act that mandates capital punishment for false evidence. The challenge argues it contradicts the “rarest-of-rare” standard for capital punishment. The petitioner highlighted previous rulings, and the court plans to consider reforms in other penal laws. No cases of capital punishment under this provision have been found.
