https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309781 Interference with an acquittal in appeal is justified only where the trial court's view is perverse or wholly unsustainable; where two reasonable views are possible, the presumption of innocence reinforced by acquittal must prevail. The Court held that the High Court erred in reversing the acquittal. It also found that delayed, inconsistent, and unnatural testimony from the alleged eyewitnesses and supporting witnesses was not reliable enough to sustain conviction, particularly when the trial court had given cogent reasons for rejecting it. The convictions were set aside, the appellant was acquitted, and the connected appeal of the investigating officer was also allowed. en-us Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:35:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309781 Interference with an acquittal in appeal is justified only where the trial court's view is perverse or wholly unsustainable; where two reasonable views are possible, the presumption of innocence reinforced by acquittal must prevail. The Court held that the High Court erred in reversing the acquittal. It also found that delayed, inconsistent, and unnatural testimony from the alleged eyewitnesses and supporting witnesses was not reliable enough to sustain conviction, particularly when the trial court had given cogent reasons for rejecting it. The convictions were set aside, the appellant was acquitted, and the connected appeal of the investigating officer was also allowed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309781