Appellate Court Overturns Conviction; Prosecution Fails to Prove Case Beyond Reasonable Doubt u/ss 405 and 420 IPC.

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....Dishonor of Cheque - insufficiency of funds - The Prosecution cannot shirk its burden of proving its case beyond a reasonable doubt nor foist such responsibility on the Accused. Hence, the ingredients of Section 405 of the IPC, have clearly not been established. - It is clear that the Prosecution has failed to establish the ingredients of Sections 405 and 420 of the IPC and inevitably, in the absence of any such evidence, the Learned Trial Court could not have convicted the Respondent No.1 - no error arises in the findings of the Learned First Appellate Court, which has correctly reversed the order of Conviction of the Learned Trial Court. - HC....