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Dhananjay Mahapatra · DistrictNews · 2026-09-04

SC overturns trial court, HC orders to acquit kidnap-murder accused

SC overturns trial court, HC orders to acquit kidnap-murder accused. Supreme Court freed a man sentenced by lower courts for the third time this week. A man was kidnapped in Telangana in 2012 and his father paid a ransom of Rs 1.5 lakh against a demand of Rs 23 lakh. His body was recovered from a fridge in a flat based on the disclosure of the accused. NEW DELHI: For the third time this week, Supreme Court freed a man sentenced by lower courts - in a kidnapping and murder case in the latest instance - questioning their analysis of evidence, and flagging loopholes in the prosecution theory tying the accused to the crime, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.

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