https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193037 An acquittal should not be reversed in appeal unless the trial court's view is manifestly wrong, perverse, or unreasonable. Where the prosecution relied mainly on interested eye-witnesses, withheld available independent witnesses named as having seen the , and the record showed suspicious features such as possible ante-timing of the FIR, overwriting in the general diary, and inconsistencies with medical and investigative evidence, corroboration was necessary before conviction could safely follow. The trial court's finding of reasonable doubt was not shown to be perverse, so reversal by the High Court was unjustified. The conviction and sentences were set aside and the appellants were acquitted. en-us Thu, 18 Aug 1977 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:36:42 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193037 An acquittal should not be reversed in appeal unless the trial court's view is manifestly wrong, perverse, or unreasonable. Where the prosecution relied mainly on interested eye-witnesses, withheld available independent witnesses named as having seen the , and the record showed suspicious features such as possible ante-timing of the FIR, overwriting in the general diary, and inconsistencies with medical and investigative evidence, corroboration was necessary before conviction could safely follow. The trial court's finding of reasonable doubt was not shown to be perverse, so reversal by the High Court was unjustified. The conviction and sentences were set aside and the appellants were acquitted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 18 Aug 1977 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193037