FAROOQ vs STATE OF M.P. — Crl.A. No. 695/2004

Summary of Crl.A. No. 695/2004 (Farooq v. State of M.P.) The Supreme Court allowed Farooq's criminal appeal on April 26, 2005, setting aside his conviction under Section 302 IPC and life sentence. The Court found the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt, noting that the sole eyewitness (P.W.6) had credibility issues—he delayed disclosing the appellant's name to police and the Trial Court's reasoning for acquitting four co-accused equally applied to the appellant. The appellant was acquitted and directed to be released immediately if not required in other cases. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.