K. Vinod Chandran, J.
Leave granted.
2. A botched investigation leaves many questions
unanswered and in the present case, the murder of a six-
year-old girl went unpunished and her stepfather was
incarcerated on mere conjectures. The impugned judgment
of the High Court affirmed the conviction and sentence of
the accused, the stepfather, on three circumstances. One,
the last seen together theory propounded through a
neighbour. Then, the ashes and the bony remnants from the
charred remains of the child, having been recovered on the
information supplied by the accused. And last, the skull and
Date: 2026.02.17
17:06:16 IST
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