Society, Rights & Justice · India
22 years erased from a person’s life: Supreme Court acquits man convicted of murder on “shaky” testimony
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted a man who spent 22 years in prison for murder. A Bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran held that the conviction rested on an eyewitness testimony that was “shaky and highly improbable.” Hence, the Bench set aside the conviction of one Arjun Jani, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 302 of the IPC for the murder of a woman in Odisha. “A person taken into custody on mere suspicion from…
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The case tests how rights and legal safeguards operate in practice. The outcome may shape access to remedy, institutional accountability and the treatment of people facing similar circumstances.
Evidence assessment
The account is based on reporting by Bar & Bench. Official claims, allegations and projections remain attributed, and no additional independent corroboration is available in the reporting reviewed.
Medium confidence — The report identifies the event, institution and timing, but the central account is supported by one source desk and underlying records were not independently reviewed.
Coverage assessment
Underreported across 1 source desk.
The event appears in one public-interest or regional report despite broader relevance.