High Court's Acquittal Based on Evidence — (2025) INSC 1435
The High Court correctly evaluated the evidence, found the prosecution's witnesses unreliable, and recorded a reasoned acquittal.
State of U.P. v. Ajmal Beg — (2025) INSC 1435Core Argument
The High Court correctly evaluated the evidence, found the prosecution's witnesses unreliable, and recorded a reasoned acquittal. The Supreme Court should not interfere with an acquittal in the absence of perversity or manifest error.
Key Precedents
- Sohrab v. State of M.P. (1972 INSC 134) — Cited by the State but actually supports the respondent because the case holds that courts must evaluate whether the discrepancy affects the substratum; here, the High Court found that the discrepancies went to the root of the prosecution case.
- K. Prema S. Rao v. Yadla Srinivasa Rao (2003) 1 SCC 217 — Held that the presumption under Section 113-B of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 is rebuttable and if the accused can show that the death was accidental or that there was no demand, the presumption stands discharged.
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