SC sets aside life term awarded to auto driver

Supreme Court has set aside the life term awarded to a man accused of killing his paramour's child, saying the lower courts had convicted him overlooking the doctor's statement negating his initial opinion in the post-mortem report that the victim was strangulated.

"We find that the courts have merely gone by the medical report, overlooking the crucial <g data-gr-id="12">cross examination</g> of the doctor the aspects of which are not discussed," a vacation bench of Justices A K Sikri and UU Lalit said. 

 The bench also noted that the woman had told her father that her <g data-gr-id="11">five-year old</g> son died due to fits as he suffered from epilepsy.