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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> </head> <body> <div style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:12px; text-align:justify"> <table width="800" border="0" style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px;" align="center" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <br /> High Court of Himachal Pradesh <br /><br /> Too many holes in prosecution<br /><br /> MANU/HP/0659/2015 - (31 Jul 2015)<br /><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Ravi Kumar v. State of Himachal Pradesh</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#FDEDCE"><strong>In a conviction for murder, the Court allowed the appeal of the accused, finding that the conviction was not based on 'any clear, cogent, convincing, legal and material piece of evidence, leading to an irresistible conclusion of guilt of the accused'. Before reaching its conclusions, the Court assessed and analysed witness testimonies, forensic evidence and a disclosure statement of the accused. None of the evidence was conclusive enough to form a chain of events establishing the guilt of the accused.</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Relevant : Musheer Khan @ Badshah Khan v. State of M.P.<manuid>MANU/SC/0065/2010</manuid> Babboo v. State of M.P. <manuid>MANU/SC/0058/1978</manuid> Narsinbhai Haribhai Prajapati v. Chhatrasinh and others <manuid>MANU/SC/0112/1977</manuid></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Tags : acquit, murder, chain of events</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <!--<td><strong>Source : <a target="_new" href="http://www.manupatrafast.com/">newsroom.manupatra.com</a></strong></td>--> <td align="left" valign="top"><strong>Source : newsroom.manupatra.com</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Regards</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Team Manupatra</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>