https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288537 In a murder prosecution based on circumstantial evidence, the SC found that the identity of the deceased, proof of homicidal death, and the incriminating links were not established with dependable evidence. The alleged recovery of bodies was not satisfactorily linked to the victims, the medical evidence did not show homicidal death, and the extra-judicial confessions were treated as improbable and unreliable. The purported last-seen evidence was also weak and uncertain. Applying the rule that an appellate court interferes with an acquittal only where the High Court's appraisal is vitiated by a manifest infirmity, the Court declined interference and upheld the acquittal. en-us Fri, 16 Aug 1974 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 15 Jun 2020 15:20:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288537 In a murder prosecution based on circumstantial evidence, the SC found that the identity of the deceased, proof of homicidal death, and the incriminating links were not established with dependable evidence. The alleged recovery of bodies was not satisfactorily linked to the victims, the medical evidence did not show homicidal death, and the extra-judicial confessions were treated as improbable and unreliable. The purported last-seen evidence was also weak and uncertain. Applying the rule that an appellate court interferes with an acquittal only where the High Court's appraisal is vitiated by a manifest infirmity, the Court declined interference and upheld the acquittal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 16 Aug 1974 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288537