PoliticsSupreme Court Upholds Woman’s Acquittal in Himachal Double Murder Case
The Supreme Court dismissed Himachal Pradesh government's appeal against a woman's acquittal in a 2011 double murder case involving her stepmother and stepbrother. The court upheld the High Court's 2014 judgment that overturned her conviction and life sentence, citing incomplete circumstantial evidence. The bench emphasized that circumstantial evidence must fully exclude any reasonable hypothesis of innocence to convict.
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