The Supreme Court of India has acquitted a man sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, holding that a conviction cannot be sustained solely on the basis of a “doubtful” dying declaration that suffers from numerous “crucial infirmities and loopholes.” A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta , in the case of Tarun Sharma v. State of Haryana , set aside the concurrent findings of the trial court and the Punjab and Haryana High Court, highlighting significant lapses in the prosecution’s case, particularly concerning the recording of the victim’s statement.

The Court also took serious exception to the manner in which the High Court had handled the appeal, stating that appointing an amicus curiae and proceeding to hear the matter on the very same day “renders the safegua

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