#evidence sufficiency

The Karnataka High Court granted bail to an accused in a fatal arson case under BNS 2023, holding that an uncorroborated dying declaration, absent any eyewitness or forensic link, cannot sustain the threshold for continued pre-trial detention. This reinforces that prosecutorial reliance on solitary dying declarations - even in grave offences - fails the evidentiary standard under Section 483 BNS, protecting against arbitrary custody.

The Bombay High Court held that under Section 227 CrPC, being present among 100-150 people at a mob violence scene cannot establish a prima facie case for framing charges unless there is concrete evidence linking the accused to active participation or shared criminal intent. This ruling reinforces the principle that guilt cannot be inferred from proximity alone, protecting individuals from indiscriminate prosecution in crowd-based offenses.