In the case of Narayan Yadav v. State of Chhattisgarh, the Supreme Court of India has acquitted the accused, setting aside the High Court’s decision that altered his conviction from murder (IPC 302) to culpable homicide not amounting to murder (IPC 304 Part I). The Court held that the High Court wrongly relied on inadmissible evidence and that there was no legal evidence linking the accused to the crime. The Supreme Court ordered the accused’s immediate release, emphasizing that the prosecution failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
Acquittal in Murder Case: Supreme Court Sets Aside Conviction
