Srinagar, July 6 -- The recent acquittal of Maan Chand by the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh lays bare a haunting question: What is the worth of a decade spent behind bars for a crime one did not commit? Convicted in 2015 by a trial court for the alleged murder of his wife, Kanta Devi, Maan Chand's life was effectively stolen - not by the act of murder, but by the failures of the justice system meant to protect the innocent. The High Court rightly overturned the conviction, citing procedural lapses, contradictory testimonies, and unreliable evidence. But while the legal error has been corrected, the moral and human cost remains deeply unresolved. Our justice system, like those elsewhere, operates on the principle that it is be...