HC upholds acquittal of youth in murder case
The Hindu
‘Charges against accused were not proven beyond doubt’
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday upheld the acquittal of a youth from Dindigul district, who was accused in the rape and murder of a girl in 2019, and dismissed the appeals preferred by the State and the girl’s parents.
The case of the prosecution was that the 12-year-old girl was at her home and her parents had left for work on the day of occurrence. When the mother returned home at around 5 p.m. she found her daughter lying in the bedroom with bleeding injuries.
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