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Last Seen Theory Alone Cannot Sustain Murder Conviction: Allahabad High Court Acquits Three In 1996 Double Murder Case
['Sparsh Upadhyay', 'Sparsh Upadhyay Is An Associate Editor With Livelaw.']
Supreme Court - High Court - Legal Breaking News | Live Law India
The Allahabad High Court last week set aside the conviction of 3 men in a 1996 double murder case while observing that a conviction in a case based on circumstantial evidence cannot be sustained solely on the "last seen together" theory/evidence unless every link in the chain of circumstances is proved beyond a reasonable doubt.The Court found that in this case, the prosecution had failed...