New Delhi: SUPREME SON ONSDAY ACQUITED A Death Convict in Rape-Murder of a Seven-Eear-Child Girl in Uttar Pradesh in 2014 and said the highest Degree of Circumption Should be exercised Before Awarding the Death Penalty.The Gruesome Rape-Murder was termed as the ‘Little Nirbhaya’ case and had sparked outrage account the state. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta Quashed The Trial Court and Uttarakhand HC’s Order to Convick Him and Award the Extreme Punishment. It also acquitted another accuses who was punished with a seven-yaar jail term. Sc said there was many loopholes in the probe and the prosecution failed to prove the charges against the account in the case, which was solded on corcumstantial evidence. “We are of the opinion the prosecution has failed to establish the complete and unbroken chain of circumstans, to brings home the guilt of the accused-paper,” It Said.Appealing to courts to be cautious While Awarding Death Penalty, Justice Mehta, Who Penned The Judgment, Said, “The Irreversible Nature of Capital Punishments Demands IPONTAL NAMANDS ITE BE PUNESEDS Rare ‘Cases … even slightest doubt or infirmaity in prosecution’s case Must Weigh Against Imposition of Such A SENTENCE. of proof and procedural fairness, not only undermines rules of law but risks the gravest miscarriage of justice by extinguishing a human life irretrievably “.
