https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306353 In an appeal against acquittal under Section 378 CrPC, interference is warranted only when the trial court's view is not a possible view; where the trial court's appreciation of evidence is plausible, the appellate court should not substitute its own assessment merely because another view is possible. In a circumstantial case, motive, recoveries under Section 27 of the Evidence Act, and ballistic evidence must each be firmly proved and together form an unbroken chain pointing only to guilt. As the last-seen theory was unreliable, motive was doubtful, recoveries were contradictory, and the ballistic opinion was inconclusive, the chain remained incomplete and the conviction could not stand. en-us Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 19:53:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306353 In an appeal against acquittal under Section 378 CrPC, interference is warranted only when the trial court's view is not a possible view; where the trial court's appreciation of evidence is plausible, the appellate court should not substitute its own assessment merely because another view is possible. In a circumstantial case, motive, recoveries under Section 27 of the Evidence Act, and ballistic evidence must each be firmly proved and together form an unbroken chain pointing only to guilt. As the last-seen theory was unreliable, motive was doubtful, recoveries were contradictory, and the ballistic opinion was inconclusive, the chain remained incomplete and the conviction could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306353