Case Law Analysis
|Jharkhand High Court
Circumstantial Evidence Must Form Unbroken Chain Without Gaps | Witchcraft Murder Acquittal Due to Unreliable Eyewitness & Delayed FIR : Jharkhand HC
Jharkhand High Court acquitted five accused in a witchcraft murder case, ruling that circumstantial evidence must form a complete, unbroken chain without reliance on uncorroborated eyewitness testimony or unexplained delays in filing the FIR. The judgment reinforces that benefit of doubt prevails when prosecution fails to eliminate reasonable gaps in evidence, setting a precedent for similar trials involving superstition-linked crimes.