The Bombay High Court in 2015 canceled the life sentence of a person accused of killing his friend near Mumbai railway station, stating that the prosecution case was based on a suspected eyewitness statement and an incredible statement given by an incredible statement. Riyaz alias Bablu Muzawar was convicted several times after an old fight over his friend Rohit Jadhav on 16 April 2015. Police said a local paan stall owner saw a quarrel and identified Riyaz as the attacker. Rohit’s brother Roshan later claimed that the victim had named Riaz before fainting. The investigators allegedly seized a knife recovered at the spotlight of the accused, on which Rohit’s blood group was installed.
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However, a bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal and Justice Shyam Chandak found serious flaws in the prosecution case. He said that the only eyewitness was kept in custody in the police station from midnight to 9 am before his statement was recorded. The bench said that this clearly shows that it is possible that its statement may have been recorded under pressure or to save his life. Under these circumstances, we cannot rely on his evidence. The court cited the post -mortem report.
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Deep knife wounds were recorded on the lungs and liver. The judges said, “It was very difficult to accept that the deceased should be in a position to speak anything, it is a distant thing to describe the incident by taking the name of the attacker.