New Delhi, Nov. 9 -- The Delhi High Court has recently acquitted 2 convicts of 28 year old murder case citing discrepancies casting a grave doubt on the statement and recovery of sword cited as weapon of alleged offence and long duration of clothes with blood stain worne by accused for a period of 5 days. An FIR was lodged in Sultanpuri Police Station for the murder of one Hari Chand on October 13, 1998.

A Division Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja acquitted Yashpal and Banarasi Das after setting aside the conviction and sentence awarded by the trial court in 2002.

The High Court said, "Discrepancies cast a grave doubt on the alleged disclosure statements and the consequential recoveries of the sword at the instance of ...