In Brief
A group of accused was convicted of murder and other offences in connection with a mob attack on a car during a nighttime incident, resulting in three deaths. The Supreme Court examined the evidence of the three material eye-witnesses—the informant (PW-1), a witness (PW-2) who came forward 43 days later, and a minor victim (PW-9 aged 10)—and found their testimonies unreliable due to material contradictions, undue delays, lack of proper procedure for examining the minor, and possible tutoring. The fingerprint evidence was deficient in documentation. Finding that both the Trial Court and High Court had overlooked striking features of evidence that undermined the prosecution case, the Court set aside the conviction and acquitted all appellants after they had spent over 9 years in prison.
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