Pakistan, July 12 -- The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday accepted the acquittal appeal of an accused Sita Ram in murder case declaring that the police cannot refuse or delay the registration of first information report (FIR) of any incident as it could lead to injustice or loss of evidence.

Justice Athar Minallah wrote a 30-page verdict, in which the court accepted the appeal of accused Sita Ram in murder case. The court said in the verdict that the prosecution had failed to present evidence against the accused. It should be noted that Sita Ram was accused of killing Chandra Kumar in 2018.

The court said in the verdict that despite the timely information of the plaintiff, the case was registered with a delay of 2 days. The SHO admit...