Lost in translation: Hindi statement sinks drug case in Tamil Nadu court | India News – Times of India

Lost in translation: Hindi statement sinks drug case in Tamil Nadu court | India News – Times of India

CHENNAI: An important narcotics case here fell apart after the prosecution submitted a key witness’s statement only in Hindi-without any Tamil or English translation-leaving the court unable to understand its contents. The city court acquitted the accused, Nag Narayan Prasad from Kolkata, citing a lack of admissible evidence. Besides, there were a host of other…

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SC sets free over a dozen convicted for murders by trial courts and HC | India News – The Times of India

SC sets free over a dozen convicted for murders by trial courts and HC | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: In the last one year, the Supreme Court has acquitted more than a dozen persons, who were convicted concurrently by the trial courts and the High Courts and sentenced to death or life imprisonment, in cases that included rape-cum-murder of a 10-year-old girl and manslaughters.Despite repeated SC rulings that concurrent decisions of the…

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