In Brief
The Supreme Court dismissed a murder appeal by two convicted appellants, Rohtas and Surender Singh, who were sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing Mohar Pal near a hospital in Palwal, Haryana in April 1998. The appellants argued that the eyewitness testimony was unreliable, the investigation deficient, and they should receive the same benefit of doubt as some co-accused who were acquitted. The Court upheld their conviction, holding that the eyewitnesses' evidence clearly distinguished the appellants' initial attacks from subsequent actions by other accused, and that acquittal of co-accused does not mandate acquittal of those against whom clinching evidence exists. Minor investigative gaps were deemed insignificant given the corroborating medical evidence and immediate FIR registration.
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