https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295731 An acquittal may be reversed only if the appellate court identifies perversity, manifest unreasonableness, or serious legal error in the trial court's appreciation of law or evidence; where two views are possible, the one favourable to the accused ordinarily prevails. A conviction cannot safely rest on the sole testimony of a police officer unless it is wholly reliable and inspires confidence; where supporting witnesses turn hostile and the version is uncorroborated, improbable, or inconsistent, it is unsafe to act on it. Alleged recoveries and surrounding evidence must complete the chain beyond reasonable doubt; here, hostile seizure witnesses, missing material witnesses, and gaps in medical and forensic proof meant the prosecution case failed. The conviction was set aside and the acquittal restored. en-us Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:41:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295731 An acquittal may be reversed only if the appellate court identifies perversity, manifest unreasonableness, or serious legal error in the trial court's appreciation of law or evidence; where two views are possible, the one favourable to the accused ordinarily prevails. A conviction cannot safely rest on the sole testimony of a police officer unless it is wholly reliable and inspires confidence; where supporting witnesses turn hostile and the version is uncorroborated, improbable, or inconsistent, it is unsafe to act on it. Alleged recoveries and surrounding evidence must complete the chain beyond reasonable doubt; here, hostile seizure witnesses, missing material witnesses, and gaps in medical and forensic proof meant the prosecution case failed. The conviction was set aside and the acquittal restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295731