Rape case: Santosh Gurung vs State of Sikkim: S.C Quashes Life Sentence Based on Broken Circumstantial Evidence
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Rape case: Santosh Gurung vs State of Sikkim: S.C Quashes Life Sentence Based on Broken Circumstantial Evidence

An appeal was preferred against concurrent convictions for rape, murder, and screening of evidence founded entirely on circumstantial evidence. The prosecution failed to establish the last seen circumstance due to…

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