'Suspicion, Howsoever High, Can't Replace Proof of Guilt': Calcutta HC Acquits Two Acid Attack Convicts
1 year, 11 months ago

'Suspicion, Howsoever High, Can't Replace Proof of Guilt': Calcutta HC Acquits Two Acid Attack Convicts

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The Calcutta High Court recently acquitted two men convicted in an acid attack case by the trial court, holding that the suspicion of the prosecution in the matter was not sufficient to incriminate the accused. Suspicion, howsoever high, cannot take place of proof of guilt.” The court found that in the present case, there were contradictory versions of the incident as well as hostile witnesses which marred the prosecution’s case. Firstly, the victims suffered acid burn injuries and secondly, Jiten Barman and his friend Gajen Jana used to tease the victims. Therefore, pointing out that no other evidence was brought on record and none of the witnesses had seen the convicts at the place of occurrence, the court opined that though the victims suffered acid burn injuries, but the actual culprit was not brought on record by the prosecution.

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