The Supreme Court recently acquitted a man who was convicted for the offence of murder. A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and Sanjay Karol set aside the concurrent findings of guilt recorded by the trial court and the High Court.
The offence allegedly took place on 22.10.2008. As per prosecution case, one Purushothaman was murdered by the appellant Udayakumar, who was allegedly hired by the other two accused for committing the murder. The High Court, while acquitting two other men who were accused as the conspirators, sustained the conviction of Udayakumar,
The Supreme Court noted that there was discrepancy in the evidence of the Prosecution Witness (PW1) who claimed to have identified Udaykumar. While PW1 said that he identified the accused before the judge during the test identification parade, the investigating officer said that the first identification was done in the police station.