Of the six men convicted in 1981, only three lived to hear the court pronounce them not guilty on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court acquits the surviving appellants
Nearly half a century after a murder in a village in Uttar Pradesh, and 45 years after six men were sentenced to life in prison in connection with the murder, the Supreme Court on Wednesday finally concluded the criminal case, acquitting three surviving appellants in a ruling that exposes the extraordinary delays that continue to plague India’s criminal justice system.
