HC acquits man of 2011 murder

Bombay high court this week set aside the 2017 conviction of a man for the murder of a widow in 2011, holding that there was a doubt if it was a homicide, but directed district legal services authority to decide on compensation to her four minor, now orphaned daughters. HC invoked provisions of section 357 (A) Criminal Procedure Code and a salutary victim compensation scheme of 2014 to direct the state to compensate the children, but clarified it was not laying down any law on making a recommendation in every case of acquittal.

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