# MP court quashes 2009 murder conviction over wrong FSL report

2026-08-10T16:51:41+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk

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The Madhya Pradesh High Court has acquitted two men convicted of murder in 2009, noting that the forensic science laboratory report relied on by the trial court belonged to an unrelated case. A division bench of Justices Vivek Agarwal and Avanindra Kumar Singh expressed surprise at the trial court's negligence in relying on that document. LiveLaw reports that the bench examined the evidence on merits before setting aside the conviction. The judgment, recorded as [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 320], marks the latest instance of a conviction being overturned after serious flaws in trial court procedures came to light.

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- livelaw.in <https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court/madhya-pradesh-high-court-sets-aside-2009-conviction-for-section-302-ipc-over-wrong-fsl-report-on-record-545155>

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