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Can a POCSO conviction stand when key witnesses fail to identify the accused?

Supreme Court Acquits Accused in POCSO Case Due to Unreliable Prosecution Evidence

Charming Rupon vs State of Meghalaya

Criminal Law / POCSO / Appeal against Conviction

The Supreme Court acquitted the accused under POCSO Act, finding the prosecution evidence riddled with identification failures, witness tutoring, and unexplained omissions.

Can a mother's sole eyewitness testimony sustain a death sentence in a child rape-murder case?

Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Stepfather Who Raped and Murdered Six-Year-Old

Waris vs The State of Madhya Pradesh

Criminal Law / Sexual Offences against Children / Murder / Capital Punishment

The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of a stepfather convicted of raping and throttling to death his six-year-old stepdaughter, finding the mother's eyewitness testimony reliable and corroborated by medical and objective evidence.

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