STATE OF A.P. vs MEDEBOINA KANAKAIAH — Crl.A. No. 670/2008

The Supreme Court dismissed the State of A.P.'s appeal on March 13, 2014, affirming the High Court's acquittal of Medeboina Kanakaiah of murder charges under Section 302 IPC. The Court found that the prosecution's circumstantial evidence was insufficient—the alleged extra-judicial confession was made during police custody and was properly rejected, leaving only the weak circumstance that the accused and deceased were last seen together hours before the murder. The Court ordered Kanakaiah's immediate release, noting with regret that he had spent approximately 12 years in prison. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.