benefit of doubt to accused
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court reiterated the well-settled law that an accused can only be convicted on legal evidence, and only if a chain of circumstantial evidence has been so forged as to rule out the possibility of any other reasonable hypothesis excepting the guilt of the accused.

Bombay High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The High Court stated that the convict had taken innocent lives in an extremely barbaric, criminal, and heartless manner. His acts have shocked not only the judicial conscience but also the conscience of society.