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Brutality of Crime Not Ground to Convict Without Evidence: Patna HC in Minors Rape-Murder Case The court was hearing an appeal against a sessions courts death sentence to three men in the rape and murder of a 13-year-old in 2012. Patna high court. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Rights14 hours ago New Delhi: Acquitting three people accused of the rape and murder of a minor girl, the Patna high court on April 5 held that the brutality of the crime did not exempt the need for legal evidence when it came...

Share This - x The Patna High Court on Monday acquitted three accused persons of the charges of raping and murdering a 13 year old minor girl thereby setting aside the death sentence awarded to them by the trial court after observing that the "entire bucket of evidence was either inadmissible or unbelievable to rely upon by the Court." A division bench comprising of Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh and Justice Arvind Srivastava observed thus: "On consideration of the entire evidence, we reitera...