Crime & Law · India
Supreme Court flags 22-year jail term for undertrial as system failure
The Supreme Court has stated that a man spending 22 years in jail as an undertrial, without his trial concluding, represents a "system failure." The court noted that the trial court did not examine evidence properly. This observation came as the man had already served 22 years in prison. The Supreme Court's remarks were made in response to the prolonged incarceration of the accused.
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