Breaking: Acquittal If IO & Informant Same Person: Benefit Of 'Mohan Lal' Judgment Not Available To Cases Prior To It: SC

In an important judgment, the Supreme Court has observed that all pending criminal prosecutions, trials and appeals prior to the law laid down in the judgment in Mohan Lal vs. State of Punjab (acquittal if investigator-informant is the same person), shall continue to be governed by the individual facts of the case. The bench comprising CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Navin Sinha and Justice KM...