Supreme Court Acquits Man After 12 Years in Jail for Rape-Murder of 3-Year-Old Girl

The Supreme Court has acquitted a man sentenced to death penalty for the 2013 rape and murder of a three-year-old in Thane, Maharashtra, citing lack of credible evidence.

The court observed that the prosecution’s case, based on circumstantial evidence, was found unreliable &  inconsistent and with serious investigative lapses.

The Court found the last-seen theory, extra-judicial confession, and forensic soil evidence unreliable.

The Court criticised the investigation as biased. Considering the chain of evidence broken, the Court ordered the man’s immediate release after he had spent 12 years in jail.