Pakistan, July 9 -- The Supreme Court of Pakistan has acquitted a man convicted in a high-profile child murder case in Karachi, ruling that the confession made in police custody and aired on television was inadmissible as evidence.
Justice Athar Minallah issued a detailed 25-page written judgement, overturning the death sentence previously handed down by the trial court.
The Sindh High Court had earlier upheld the sentence, relying on circumstantial evidence and the accused's televised confession during police custody.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan made it clear that any confession made during police custody cannot be used as evidence unless made before a magistrate, under the law.
The court criticised the conduct of the station house o...