New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- The Supreme Court acquitted accused and death row prisoner Chandrabhan Sanapm, who has been in prison since 2015, in the Esther Anuhya rape and murder case on January 28, reported Bar and Bench.

The report added that the Supreme Court bench-headed by Justice BR Gavai, Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, and Justice KV Viswanathan-ruled that it was extremely unsafe to sustain Chandrabhan Sudam Sanap's conviction.

After examining the evidence, the SC bench said that all the facts shows that there is a gaping hole in the prosecution story and there is more than meets the eye.

"We hold appellant is not guilty of offence. Appellant to be set free. He is not guilty. He is acquitted," Bar and Bench noted the court as saying....