In Brief
Lal Mohammad Manjur Ansari was convicted of murdering his roommate Mohmed Akhtar Gafur Ansari in a dispute over playing music, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Supreme Court acquitted him after finding the prosecution evidence unreliable. The eyewitnesses were declared hostile and contradicted their police statements; the alleged extra-judicial confession to PW-19 lacked credibility as the crucial witness PSI Mishra was not examined and telephone records were never investigated; and the purported dying declaration was doubtful since the deceased was unconscious when moved. Without cogent evidence connecting the appellant to the crime, the conviction could not stand.
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