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    Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Murder Accused After Slamming ‘Botched Up’ Police Probe

    The Delhi High Court has granted bail to Sachin, in custody since December 2022 in a murder case, with Justice Girish Kathpalia calling the investigation a classic case of completely botched up investigation. The allegations are untested and the trial is pending.

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    Supreme Court Acquits Man Serving Life Term In Sikkim Child Rape-Murder Case, Cites Broken Evidence Chain

    Sikkim child rape-murder case: the Supreme Court acquitted a man serving life imprisonment, holding that the last-seen evidence was doubtful, the recovery was from an open spot and the DNA report showed the recovered bones were of male origin.

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    Supreme Court of India, which sought a Registry note on why the CAPF officers' contempt case was struck off the cause list despite a judicial order
    Supreme Court relists CAPF officers' contempt plea against Union Home Secretary for September 30 at 2 PM
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    Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal In Himachal Double Murder, Flags Police Failure To Collect Mobile Tower Data

    Himachal double murder acquittal upheld: the Supreme Court dismissed the State’s appeal, finding the last-seen witnesses unreliable, the DNA match inconclusive and the failure to collect mobile tower locations a serious investigational lapse.

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    Patna High Court, which quashed a Magistrate's cognizance order and the prosecution of two agnates under Sections 448, 341, 323 and 506 IPC amid an ancestral property dispute
    Patna High Court holds an FIR with no date, a far-fetched kidnapping link and a property feud backdrop cannot sustain a prosecution
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    Patna High Court Acquits Life Convict In 2003 Child Murder; Says Confession Not Put Under Section 313

    The Patna High Court acquitted Rajesh Gupta, sentenced to life for the 2003 kidnapping and murder of a 10-year-old boy in Saharsa, holding that the alleged extra-judicial confession was never put to him under Section 313 CrPC, the last-seen evidence was weak, the motive flimsy, and the Investigating Officer was never examined.

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    Supreme Court Acquits Chhattisgarh Man After 20 Years, Rules ‘Last Seen’ Evidence Alone Not Enough for Life Sentence
    Supreme Court Acquits Chhattisgarh Man After 20 Years, Rules ‘Last Seen’ Evidence Alone Not Enough for Life Sentence
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    Supreme Court Acquits Chhattisgarh Man After 20 Years, Rules ‘Last Seen’ Evidence Alone Not Enough for Life Sentence

    The Supreme Court acquitted Manoj alias Munna in a 2004 Chhattisgarh murder case, holding that suspicion cannot replace proof. The Court ruled that “last seen” evidence alone is too weak to justify a life imprisonment conviction.

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