Allowed
Nandiswaran, Aged 57 Years, v. the State Rep. by Its
Madras HCCRL A/178/2018
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
This Court allowed the criminal appeal and acquitted the appellants charged with murder and wounding. The judgment set aside the lower court's conviction due to fatal contradictions between eyewitness accounts and medical reports regarding injuries, and cited the investigating officer's suppression of counter-case evidence as grounds for acquittal.
What did the court decide?
The Criminal Appeal is allowed; conviction and sentence are set aside; appellants are acquitted of all charges; fines refunded; bail bonds discharged.