In Brief
The appellant was convicted of murdering his grandmother by strangulation under Section 302 IPC. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and set aside the conviction. The entire prosecution case relied on two interested witnesses (the victim's son-in-law and daughter) who had property disputes with the accused and stood to benefit from his conviction. The Court found the prosecution evidence riddled with contradictions, hostile independent witnesses, absence of forensic corroboration, and inconsistent accounts of the crime scene, arrest, and hospital admissions. Applying strict scrutiny to interested witnesses, the Court found reasonable doubt and held the conviction unsafe, lacking proof beyond reasonable doubt.
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