{"id":206733,"date":"2018-12-12T17:15:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T11:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=206733"},"modified":"2018-12-15T13:23:03","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T07:53:03","slug":"sc-upholds-acquittal-of-accused-for-rioting-and-murder-to-multiple-investigative-laches-and-flaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/12\/12\/sc-upholds-acquittal-of-accused-for-rioting-and-murder-to-multiple-investigative-laches-and-flaws\/","title":{"rendered":"SC upholds acquittal of accused for rioting and murder due to \u201cmultiple investigative laches and flaws\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supreme Court: <\/strong>A Bench comprising of N.V. Ramana and M.M. Shantanagoudar, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by the State of U.P. against the judgment of Allahabad High Court whereby it had reversed the decision the decision of trial court and acquitted the accused of charges under Sections 302 and 307 read with 149, Section 148 IPC and Section 7 of Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1932.<\/p>\n

The accused persons were alleged to have participated in rioting and injuring the deceased (a senior official) with fire shots which resulted in his death. The accused were tried and convicted by the trial court for the offences mentioned above. However, on appeal by the accused persons, the High Court reversed the conviction and acquitted them. Aggrieved thereby, State of U.P. filed the instant appeal.<\/p>\n

On perusal of the record, the Supreme Court was of the view that the judgment of the High Court needs no interference. The Court noted several laches in the investigation which went to root of the matter and resulted in acquittal:<\/p>\n