https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456703 The SC partially allowed the appeal against HC acquittal of four respondents charged under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC. The Court set aside the acquittal of main accused Gurpreet Singh, restoring the trial court's conviction and life imprisonment sentence, finding the HC's acquittal would constitute travesty of justice. However, the SC upheld acquittal of three co-accused (Kashmira Singh, Jagdeep Singh, and Harpreet Singh) due to lack of evidence connecting them to the crime, absence of conspiracy proof, and no specific motive attributed to them. The Court emphasized that while acquittal orders strengthen presumption of innocence, intervention is warranted when based on irrelevant grounds or flawed approach leading to miscarriage of justice. 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 The SC partially allowed the appeal against HC acquittal of four respondents charged under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC. The Court set aside the acquittal of main accused Gurpreet Singh, restoring the trial court's conviction and life imprisonment sentence, finding the HC's acquittal would constitute travesty of justice. However, the SC upheld acquittal of three co-accused (Kashmira Singh, Jagdeep Singh, and Harpreet Singh) due to lack of evidence connecting them to the crime, absence of conspiracy proof, and no specific motive attributed to them. The Court emphasized that while acquittal orders strengthen presumption of innocence, intervention is warranted when based on irrelevant grounds or flawed approach leading to miscarriage of justice. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 06 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=456703