Acquitting a man and two of his relatives in a 19-year-old dowry death case, a local court in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur observed that the prosecution failed to establish charges beyond reasonable doubt as three key prosecution witnesses did not support the case during cross-examination.

The court has ordered to initiate proceedings against the three witnesses under CrPC Section 344 in view of their hostile stance and prima facie false testimony. It noted that although these witnesses had supported the prosecution version during the recording of their examination-in-chief, they resiled from their earlier statements during cross-examination, resulting in material contradictions.

“The court observed that despite due diligence on the part of the prosecution, it failed to establish its case as t

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