THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH HOME DEPARTMENT SUPERINTENDANT OF POLICE vs RAJU @ RAJESH — Crl.A. No. 674/2012

Summary of Criminal Appeal No. 674/2012 The Supreme Court dismissed the State of Madhya Pradesh's appeal against the High Court's acquittal of accused Raju @ Rajesh in a 1996 kidnapping case involving minor Juhi. The Court upheld the acquittal, finding the prosecution failed to establish a complete chain of evidence: recovered bones could not conclusively identify the victim, handwriting analysis of an alleged confession letter was inconclusive with suspicious one-year delays, and the key prosecution witness was declared hostile. The appeals were dismissed on 24 August 2017. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.