https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456703 Under Article 136, the SC may interfere with an acquittal where the appreciation of evidence is perverse, ignores vital material, or causes miscarriage of justice. Applying that standard, the acquittal of Gurpreet Singh was set aside because the complainant and eyewitness evidence was found natural and trustworthy, corroborated by prompt reporting, proved motive, and recovery of the weapon; the High Court's rejection of this evidence was based on misreading of the record. The acquittal of the co-accused was upheld because their names were absent from the earliest version, the eyewitnesses did not know them, and no convincing material showed participation or conspiracy. en-us Tue, 06 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 18:41:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456703 Under Article 136, the SC may interfere with an acquittal where the appreciation of evidence is perverse, ignores vital material, or causes miscarriage of justice. Applying that standard, the acquittal of Gurpreet Singh was set aside because the complainant and eyewitness evidence was found natural and trustworthy, corroborated by prompt reporting, proved motive, and recovery of the weapon; the High Court's rejection of this evidence was based on misreading of the record. The acquittal of the co-accused was upheld because their names were absent from the earliest version, the eyewitnesses did not know them, and no convincing material showed participation or conspiracy. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 06 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456703