Circumstantial evidence must be supported by additional corroborative material, which was lacking in the present case, the Supreme Court held. (Image generated using AI) Supreme Court news: Drawing a sharp line between suspicion and proof, the Supreme Court has acquitted two men in a 2013 murder case, holding that the prosecution’s case “may be true” but falls far short of the standard of “must be true” required for conviction. A bench led by Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Vishwanathan was hearing an appeal filed by two men, Anand Jakkappa Pujari and Mahadev Sidram Hullolli, who had been convicted along with others for the abduction and murder of a woman in Karnataka. Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Vishwanathan heard the matter on April 27. “It will be too much for us to affirm the conviction of the appellants for a serious offence like murder solely relying on the circumstance of being last seen together. The prosecution has to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.…