|Patna High Court
Solitary eyewitness testimony upholds Sec 302 IPC murder conviction; absence of caste motive defeats Sec 3(2)(v) SC/ST Act charge | Patna HC
Patna High Court affirmed life imprisonment for murder based on a single reliable eyewitness, while quashing the SC/ST Act conviction for lacking proof of a caste motive and reducing the Arms Act sentence, underscoring stricter evidentiary standards for both murder and atrocity charges.