https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309249 In an appeal against acquittal, the appellate court must respect the strengthened presumption of innocence and interfere only if the trial court's view is perverse or demonstrably unsustainable. The trial court's acquittal was supported by its appraisal of contradictions in the eyewitness account, the doubtful presence of a chance witness, unreliable recovery evidence, and the absence of a trustworthy dying declaration. The High Court failed to address those reasons adequately and relied on inference and selective acceptance of material without showing that the acquittal view was impossible or unreasonable. The conviction was therefore unsustainable and the acquittal was upheld. en-us Mon, 13 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:02:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309249 In an appeal against acquittal, the appellate court must respect the strengthened presumption of innocence and interfere only if the trial court's view is perverse or demonstrably unsustainable. The trial court's acquittal was supported by its appraisal of contradictions in the eyewitness account, the doubtful presence of a chance witness, unreliable recovery evidence, and the absence of a trustworthy dying declaration. The High Court failed to address those reasons adequately and relied on inference and selective acceptance of material without showing that the acquittal view was impossible or unreasonable. The conviction was therefore unsustainable and the acquittal was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 13 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309249