Madhya Pradesh High Court (file photo) – Photo: Amar Ujala Expansion The High Court has quashed the double death sentence given by the District Court Singrauli in the case of murder of an old couple. A division bench of High Court Justice Sujay Paul and Justice PC Gupta has said in its order that circumstantial evidence should be of excellent quality. The prosecution could not produce a chain of clear and circumstantial evidence. The accused cannot be held guilty on the basis of presumptions. Tell that Additional District Sessions Judge Singrauli has accused Ramjag Bind age 95 To 97 yrs aged relative and 97 yrs for the murder of his wife in November 1997 was sentenced to double capital punishment. The District Court had sent the case to the High Court for confirmation of the death sentence. Apart from this, the accused had also filed an appeal in the High Court against the sentence. During the hearing, the amicus curiae told the bench that there was no eyewitness to the incident. The accused has been sentenced to double death on the basis of only circumstantial evidence. Khushwai village old couple was missing since April 2019 and his son 30 april 2014 his missing report was lodged at Morwa police station. The bodies of both were found in the well of the village on the same day. There were stones inside the well and both had injury marks on their bodies. There was no dam in the well. Blood stains were not found on the ax seized from the accused. According to the witness, the accused was seen with the old couple before they went missing. There is no eye-witness to the incident and on the basis of insufficient circumstantial evidence, he is sentenced to double capital punishment for the murder of both. It was told by the government that the accused had killed five persons including a woman. The District Court sentenced him to death, which was later commuted to life imprisonment. After the hearing, the Jugalpeeth has given instructions to reserve the decision on November. In the decision issued on Monday, the Jugal Peeth has issued orders to reject the decision of the Additional District and Sessions Judge. The couple bench has said in its order that if the appellant is not in judicial custody in any other offence, he should be released. Senior advocate Manish Dutt appeared as amicus curiae. ,