💨 Abstract

The Supreme Court reduced the charge of a Chhattisgarh woman from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder, as the motive for killing her daughters was not proven. The court stated that the investigating officer did not make serious efforts to investigate the motive behind the crime. The woman was found to have spent over nine years in custody and was sentenced to the period served without fine, resulting in her release.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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