https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182773 The alleged eyewitness account was found unreliable because the witnesses gave shifting versions, offered no convincing explanation for their presence at the scene, and behaved in ways inconsistent with natural conduct. The father-witness's presence was also treated as inherently improbable on the surrounding facts, leaving the prosecution case without a trustworthy ocular foundation. The Court further held that the wide discrepancy between the number of blows described by eyewitnesses and the injuries recorded in the post-mortem materially weakened the prosecution version. In these circumstances, motive alone could not replace proof, and the acquittal was left undisturbed. en-us Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 19 May 2016 13:09:53 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182773 The alleged eyewitness account was found unreliable because the witnesses gave shifting versions, offered no convincing explanation for their presence at the scene, and behaved in ways inconsistent with natural conduct. The father-witness's presence was also treated as inherently improbable on the surrounding facts, leaving the prosecution case without a trustworthy ocular foundation. The Court further held that the wide discrepancy between the number of blows described by eyewitnesses and the injuries recorded in the post-mortem materially weakened the prosecution version. In these circumstances, motive alone could not replace proof, and the acquittal was left undisturbed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182773