Supreme Court acquits man after 22 years in jail for wrongful conviction
The Supreme Court of India acquitted a man who spent 22 years in prison due to a wrongful conviction and judicial delays. The court criticized the High Court for failing to provide timely access to justice for a marginalized litigant.
Why it matters
This case highlights systemic failures in the judicial process and the importance of protecting the rights of the incarcerated.
NEW DELHI: A trial court’s failure to evaluate the evidence properly and the Odisha High Court remaining a mute spectator resulted in 22 years being erased from a person’s life as he was wrongly convicted and his appeal was not heard by the high court. Finally, the Supreme Court has come to his rescue and acquitted him.It is a classic case where a poor litigant’s fight for justice is frustrated at the altar of the judiciary itself, when the court refused hearing on technical grounds. The poor convict had already spent 12 years in jail when he approached the high court.
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