https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197221 In an appeal against acquittal, an appellate court may reappreciate evidence but must give due weight to the trial court's view and interfere only if that view is perverse. Where two reasonable conclusions are possible, the one favouring the accused prevails. The trial court had found material contradictions and omissions in the prosecution case and treated the suicide note as not implicating any accused, making its view plausible. The High Court erred by substituting its own inference and applying a probabilities-based standard instead of proof beyond reasonable doubt. The reversal of acquittal was therefore unjustified, and the trial court's judgment was restored. en-us Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 10:24:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197221 In an appeal against acquittal, an appellate court may reappreciate evidence but must give due weight to the trial court's view and interfere only if that view is perverse. Where two reasonable conclusions are possible, the one favouring the accused prevails. The trial court had found material contradictions and omissions in the prosecution case and treated the suicide note as not implicating any accused, making its view plausible. The High Court erred by substituting its own inference and applying a probabilities-based standard instead of proof beyond reasonable doubt. The reversal of acquittal was therefore unjustified, and the trial court's judgment was restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197221