The Supreme Court of India has acquitted Dashwanth, a man sentenced to death for the sexual assault and murder of a seven-year-old girl, after finding that the trial was conducted in a “lopsided manner” and that the prosecution “miserably failed” to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. A three-judge bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol, and Sandeep Mehta set aside the judgments of the Madras High Court and the trial court, citing patent infirmities, denial of a fair trial, and a complete failure by the prosecution to establish the chain of circumstantial evidence.

Case Background

The case originated with the disappearance of a seven-year-old girl on February 5, 2017. Her father, C.S.D. Babu (PW-1), filed a missing person complaint with the Mangadu Police Station. Th

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