Criminal Procedure

Absconding Doesn't Erase Evidence: Supreme Court Allows a Deceased Victim's Earlier Deposition to Be Used Against a Later-Arrested Accused

Criminal Appeal Nos. 1164-1166 of 2023

In a gang-rape prosecution where the victim died before two long-absconding accused were finally arrested, the Supreme Court holds that her deposition from the earlier, split trial of the other…