Brutality of Crime Not Ground to Convict Without Evidence: Patna HC in Minor s Rape-Murder Case
The court was hearing an appeal against a sessions court s death sentence to three men in the rape and murder of a 13-year-old in 2012.
Patna high court. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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New Delhi: Acquitting three people accused of the rape and murder of a minor girl, the Patna high court on April 5 held that the brutality of the crime did not exempt the need for legal evidence when it came to a conviction.
LiveLaw has reported that a division bench of Justices Ashwani Kumar Singh and Arvind Srivastava set aside a death sentence given to three men who were accused of raping and murdering a 13-year-old school-goer in 2012.