Supreme Court Acquits Accused in Murder Case Due to Lack of Evidence: Vishwanatha vs. State of Karnataka (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the accused could be convicted of murder based on the testimony of eyewitnesses, despite inconsistencies with the post-mortem report and the lack of a Test Identification Parade (TIP). CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: […]
Supreme Court overturns rape conviction based on sole testimony of prosecutrix: Santosh Prasad vs. State of Bihar (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a conviction for rape can be sustained solely on the testimony of the prosecutrix when medical and other evidence do not support her claims. CASE TYPE: Criminal Case Name: Santosh Prasad @ Santosh Kumar
Date of the Judgment: 8 December 2017 Citation: [Not Available in Source] Judges: Ranjan Gogoi, J. and R. Banumathi, J. Can a conviction under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 be upheld if the prosecution fails to prove that the crime was committed specifically because the victim belonged to a
