Supreme Court of India
The State of Himachal Pradesh v. Anchla @ Chanchla
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What the Court ordered
In conclusion, we have no hesitation in holding that the prosecution had failed to bring home the charge against the accused. Consequently, we find no reason to interfere with the decision of the High Court. The appeal is accordingly dismissed.
Judgment, 84
In brief
On 07.09.2011 PW-1 reported that his daughter Mithilesh Kumari (D-1) had been missing 6-7 days and that foul odour was coming from her locked house; police broke open the lock and found the bodies of D-1 and her minor son (D-2), death being homicidal by strangulation 5 to 7 days earlier. The prosecution alleged that the respondent, D-1's step-daughter and a frequent visitor, was last seen at the house on the evening of 31.08.2011 (PW-1), had been ferried from Chamba to Diur and back that night by a taxi driver (PW-4) carrying a bleeding thumb injury, and had stayed at a Chamba hotel (PW-18).…
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