https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169711 In an appeal against acquittal, the appellate court may reappraise the evidence but must respect the strengthened presumption of innocence and the trial court's advantage in seeing witnesses; where two views are reasonably possible, the view favouring the accused should prevail. In a case based on circumstantial evidence, each incriminating circumstance must be firmly proved and the circumstances must form a complete chain excluding innocence and every hypothesis other than guilt. Applying that standard, the accused's presence with the deceased, his departure with the child, the post-mortem finding of strangulation, and his conduct after the were held sufficient, and the hostile witnesses did not break the chain. The conviction for murder was sustained. en-us Thu, 14 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 01 May 2015 14:47:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169711 In an appeal against acquittal, the appellate court may reappraise the evidence but must respect the strengthened presumption of innocence and the trial court's advantage in seeing witnesses; where two views are reasonably possible, the view favouring the accused should prevail. In a case based on circumstantial evidence, each incriminating circumstance must be firmly proved and the circumstances must form a complete chain excluding innocence and every hypothesis other than guilt. Applying that standard, the accused's presence with the deceased, his departure with the child, the post-mortem finding of strangulation, and his conduct after the were held sufficient, and the hostile witnesses did not break the chain. The conviction for murder was sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 14 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169711