Ashok Upadhyay & Anr v. State of Bihar
2026 INSC 9718 September 202615 min read
Ashok Upadhyay & Anr vs State of Bihar
Supreme Court acquits two convicts in murder case, finding eyewitness testimony unreliable and investigation shoddy with lingering reasonable doubt.
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- Case Name
- Ashok Upadhyay & Anr. v. State of Bihar
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 971
- Bench
- Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran
- Date of Judgment
- September 8, 2026
- Area of Law
- Criminal Law, Murder, Eyewitness Testimony, Circumstantial Evidence, Benefit of Doubt
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