Supreme Court acquits two including a death row convict in rape and murder of 7-year-old

The Supreme Court has ordered the acquittal of two men, one of whom was on death row, in a case concerning the rape and murder of a 7-year-old. 

The decision was based on the ground that the prosecution had failed to establish an unbroken chain of events in a case of circumstantial evidence, which led to such an acquittal.

The Court held that two possible views emerged from the evidence presented: one pointing to the innocence and the other to the guilt of the accused. Hence, it was bound to accept the one in favour of the accused. 

[Akhtar Ali @ Ali Akhtar @ Shamim @ Raja Ustad v. State of Uttarakhand]