https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=395844 An appellate court will not interfere with an acquittal in a corruption prosecution unless the trial court's view is perverse or manifestly unreasonable. The prosecution's claim that the accused abused official position to obtain donations for a family-linked trust failed because the trust's accounts and charitable activities were shown to be transparent, the father's operation of the bank account was for convenience, and no incriminating material or proved demand/compulsion for donations emerged. The presumption against the accused under the corruption law was rebutted on a preponderance of probabilities, so the acquittal was sustained and the appeal failed. en-us Tue, 09 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 21:39:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=395844 An appellate court will not interfere with an acquittal in a corruption prosecution unless the trial court's view is perverse or manifestly unreasonable. The prosecution's claim that the accused abused official position to obtain donations for a family-linked trust failed because the trust's accounts and charitable activities were shown to be transparent, the father's operation of the bank account was for convenience, and no incriminating material or proved demand/compulsion for donations emerged. The presumption against the accused under the corruption law was rebutted on a preponderance of probabilities, so the acquittal was sustained and the appeal failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 09 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=395844