Supreme Court Gives Benefit Of Doubt To 2 Men In 1985 Murder Case
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A bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta set aside a trial court decision dated January 29, 1986, and Allahabad High Court judgement dated July 9, 2014.
Supreme Court has given the benefit of the doubt to two men facing proceedings over the last 35 years in a 1985 murder case, which set aside the Allahabad High Court order confirming their conviction in the case.
A bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and Dipankar Datta set aside a trial court decision dated January 29, 1986, and Allahabad High Court judgement dated July 9, 2014.
"This Court is of the opinion that the charge that the appellants had murdered Narayan, cannot be said to have been proved beyond a reasonable doubt; hence, they were and are entitled to the benefit of the doubt," the court said.
"The trial court's judgment of conviction and order of sentence contained in its decision dated 29th January 1986 being unsustainable, stands set aside; consequently, the impugned judgment and order dated 9th July 2014 passed by the High Court, upholding the conviction and sentence, to stands set aside," the court said.
