https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467290 Appellate courts must not disturb a trial court's acquittal unless trial findings are palpably wrong; appellate restraint requires demonstration that the acquittal is manifestly erroneous. Extra judicial confessions are inherently weak and demand careful scrutiny and independent corroboration; a confession made months after the offence lacking indicia of reliability cannot by itself sustain conviction. Information relied under the rule admitting information leading to discovery must be proved in the exact terms shown to have produced the discovery and authorship of concealment must be established. Motive alone cannot complete an otherwise incomplete chain of circumstantial proof; accordingly the conviction based on the confession and discovery was unsustainable. en-us Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:58:42 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467290 Appellate courts must not disturb a trial court's acquittal unless trial findings are palpably wrong; appellate restraint requires demonstration that the acquittal is manifestly erroneous. Extra judicial confessions are inherently weak and demand careful scrutiny and independent corroboration; a confession made months after the offence lacking indicia of reliability cannot by itself sustain conviction. Information relied under the rule admitting information leading to discovery must be proved in the exact terms shown to have produced the discovery and authorship of concealment must be established. Motive alone cannot complete an otherwise incomplete chain of circumstantial proof; accordingly the conviction based on the confession and discovery was unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=467290