Mumbai (Maharashtra), Aug. 18 -- : Justice Dhananjaya Chandrachud, a Supreme Court judge, on Saturday, said that cases, where courts have been able to monitor the investigation, have "perhaps shown a better outcome".

"Cases, where courts have been approached with a petition at an appropriate stage and courts, have been able to monitor the investigation, have perhaps shown a better outcome," Justice Chandrachud said at an event here.

Talking about the Pehlu Khan case, he added, "I tell you this is one of the great torments of being a judge because you've to decide on basis of evidence, as it stands and then you find that police investigation has been so woefully inadequate that it's going to result in an acquittal."

Pehlu Khan, a cattle t...