https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281707 An appellate court will not interfere with an acquittal where the prosecution evidence is incomplete and unreliable. The Court noted that the Station Officer who initiated the prosecution narrative and the Investigating Officer were not examined, and held that essential witnesses in the unfolding of the prosecution case should be produced unless adequately explained; otherwise, an adverse inference may arise. It also accepted the High Court's finding of material discrepancies and contradictions in the testimony, which meant the prosecution version did not inspire confidence beyond reasonable doubt. The acquittal was therefore a reasonably possible view and was not perverse or arbitrary. en-us Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 15:33:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281707 An appellate court will not interfere with an acquittal where the prosecution evidence is incomplete and unreliable. The Court noted that the Station Officer who initiated the prosecution narrative and the Investigating Officer were not examined, and held that essential witnesses in the unfolding of the prosecution case should be produced unless adequately explained; otherwise, an adverse inference may arise. It also accepted the High Court's finding of material discrepancies and contradictions in the testimony, which meant the prosecution version did not inspire confidence beyond reasonable doubt. The acquittal was therefore a reasonably possible view and was not perverse or arbitrary. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=281707