17 years on, man accused of killing his children to walk free

The court noted that the prosecution’s story that he used a blade to slit throats of his children did not inspire confidence for lack of any corroborative evidence or a motive. “Nothing has been brought on record to suggest why the appellant killed his children. The prosecution has failed to prove motive,” said the Bench.

It also underscored that Shyam’s wife had gone on record to say he was not suffering from insanity and that he loved her children very much. “If the appellant had killed her two children, she would never have given such a certificate to him,” said the court.

The Bench discarded an eyewitness account of a 10-year-old child, who claimed he witnessed the incident through a hole in the door. The court said there were glaring discrepancies in the child’s statement. Neither the children raised cries when they were being injured, nor did Shyam run away from from the scene of crime, noted the court.