"Shocking": Supreme Court On Acquittal Without Witnesses Being Examined
NDTV
The Supreme Court made the remarks while dismissing a plea against the Patna High Court verdict which had set aside an order of the trial court acquitting the accused.
The Supreme Court Monday termed it a "very sorry" state of affairs and "shocking" that a trial court in Bihar acquitted the accused in a murder case without examining all the witnesses.
The top court made the remarks while dismissing a plea against the Patna High Court verdict which had set aside an order of the trial court acquitting the accused.
The top court said it “shocks its conscience” that this kind of thing is happening in Bihar.
A vacation bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Bela M Trivedi, which was hearing a plea arising out of the high court judgement, said it is not inclined to interfere with the July 2018 verdict.
