[ Rape & Murder ] Accused Cannot Be Convicted Merely Because Extra Judicial Confession Is Proved: SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court acquitted a young man who spent about thirteen years in jail after he was convicted in a rape and murder case.The bench comprising Justice set aside the concurrent conviction by the High Court and the Trial Court and observed that the prosecution has failed to prove other circumstances apart from an extra judicial confession relied upon by it beyond reasonable doubt. In...