The Patna High Court has acquitted four appellants in a 2015 case involving allegations of kidnapping and sexual assault of a minor, stressing that criminal conviction must rest on clear, consistent, and reliable evidence.

According to the prosecution, the girl was allegedly taken away by local residents, confined for a few days, and later recovered by police on 18 May 2015.

In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court’s Nagpur Bench set aside a recovery order issued against the Municipal Council, Pusad, holding that the action was taken without proper notice or opportunity of hearing.

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At the Srinagar wing of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, a bench comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Parihar on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by National Insurance Company Limited. The insurer was seeking to overturn a compensation award granted to a family whose home was damaged during the devastating 2014 floods.

The case originates from a policy taken by late Shad Mohd Bashir, whose residential house at Sarai Payeen, Amira Kadal, Srinagar, had been insured since 2009. Though the policy was renewed annually, the company later claimed that it excluded flood and similar storm-related risks - referred to in technical jargon as “STFI” (Storm, Tempest, Flood, Inundation).