prosecution evidence Archives

20 years on, Murder Convict walks free after Supreme Court finds ‘Yawning Gap’ in Prosecution’s Evidence

“The principle applicable to circumstantial evidence requires that the facts must be consistent with the hypothesis of the guilt of the accused.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

“Left with no alternative”, Supreme Court acquits all 3 accused in Chhawla Gang Rape and Murder case

“The prosecution has to bring home the charges levelled against them beyond reasonable doubt, which the prosecution has failed to do in the instant case, resultantly, the Court is left with no alternative but to acquit the accused, though involved in a very heinous crime.”

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Malaysia CoA | Information received from an accused person in the custody of a police officer, as relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered, may be proved

Malaysia Court of Appeal: A Full Bench of Mohtarudin Baki, Ahmadi Haji Asnawi, Abdul Rahman Sebli, JCA dismissed an appeal made against

Case Briefs High Courts

Acquittal upheld as prosecution failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J., decided a criminal appeal filed by the State