DNA evidence

Handling DNA Evidence Long Incarceration
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The case involved commission of serious offences which led to the sentence of death penalty. However, the Supreme Court took strict note of the faulty investigation and faulty treatment of the DNA evidence that rendered the samples useless.

Madhya Pradesh High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

While the crime was heinous and against a child, the Court noted that although the act was “barbaric”, it could not be termed “brutal” in the sense that it required capital punishment.