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HC cites misinterpreted evidence, acquits Madhya Pradesh woman of son’s murderSC acquits man in 2004 murder case, says courts should have given him benefit of doubtJ&K court acquits 3 accused tried for 'terror' activities

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HC cites misinterpreted evidence, acquits Madhya Pradesh woman of son’s murder
India
India News: Latest India News, Today's breaking News Headlines & Real-time News coverage from India | Hindustan Times•Feb 25

HC cites misinterpreted evidence, acquits Madhya Pradesh woman of son’s murder

The Madhya Pradesh high court has acquitted a woman from Guna almost a year after she was arrested for her son’s murder, saying the trial court rejected a special investigative team (SIT)’s closure report exonerating her by misinterpreting evidence that showed he had died by suicide. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Alka Jain was arrested in March last year, weeks after her 15-year-old son died.

SC acquits man in 2004 murder case, says courts should have given him benefit of doubt
India
India News: Latest India News, Today's breaking News Headlines & Real-time News coverage from India | Hindustan Times•Jan 5

SC acquits man in 2004 murder case, says courts should have given him benefit of doubt

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Monday acquitted a man of murder charge, saying it was a fit case where the high court and the trial court should have given him the benefit of the doubt.SC acquits man in 2004...

J&K court acquits 3 accused tried for 'terror' activities
India•India Latest News: Top National Headlines Today & Breaking News | The Hindu•Dec 31

J&K court acquits 3 accused tried for 'terror' activities

A sessions court in Jammu and Kashmir has acquitted three people accused of involvement in terror activities for lack of evidence. The court of the Ad...

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HC acquits woman who tried to shield her rapist-murderer ‘Raja beta’
India•The Indian Express•Dec 27

HC acquits woman who tried to shield her rapist-murderer ‘Raja beta’

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted the death sentence awarded to a man for the rape and murder of a five-and-a-half-year-old daughter of his employer in Haryana’s Palwal in 2028, directing that he...

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Rape-murder: HC acquits woman who ‘shielded’ son
India•The Indian Express•Dec 27

Rape-murder: HC acquits woman who ‘shielded’ son

A bench of Justices Anoop Chitkara, however, acquitted the convict’s mother, who had been sentenced to seven years by the trial court, while observing that she was only “trying to protect her Raja beta”, for which she cannot be punished under the IPC.

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