J&K court sentences militant to life: ‘Human testimony cannot reproduce event with precision’

A Jammu and Kashmir court sentenced militant Mohammad Sharief to two life terms for the 2005 murder of a family, including a five-month-old. The court dismissed defense claims of eyewitness discrepancies, emphasizing that human testimony is inherently imprecise. The ruling highlights the importance of medical evidence in understanding survivor testimonies, which may have been delayed due to trauma.

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