https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303460 In an appeal against acquittal, interference is justified where the appellate court finds the lower court's view unreasonable or based on ignoring material evidence. Delay in lodging the FIR was not unexplained on the proved facts, as the information was first given at the police chowk and the FIR reached the Magistrate within a time consistent with the distances involved. The accused also failed to explain the surrounding circumstances concerning the dead body and severed head. Testimony of close relatives could not be rejected merely because of relationship, and minor discrepancies did not undermine otherwise cogent eyewitness evidence. The acquittal was therefore unsustainable and the conviction was restored. en-us Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:33:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303460 In an appeal against acquittal, interference is justified where the appellate court finds the lower court's view unreasonable or based on ignoring material evidence. Delay in lodging the FIR was not unexplained on the proved facts, as the information was first given at the police chowk and the FIR reached the Magistrate within a time consistent with the distances involved. The accused also failed to explain the surrounding circumstances concerning the dead body and severed head. Testimony of close relatives could not be rejected merely because of relationship, and minor discrepancies did not undermine otherwise cogent eyewitness evidence. The acquittal was therefore unsustainable and the conviction was restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 14 Aug 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303460