Supreme Court of India
Hemraj and Anr. v. State of Punjab
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Criminal Trial : Conviction-Appeal against-Evidence adduced by prosecution inconsistent-Truthfulness of prosecution case doubtful-In such circumstances trial court acquitted accused-However, High Court reversed order of acquittal-Correctness of-Held : If on the basis of the same evidence two views are reasonably possible and the trial court takes the view in favour of the accused, the appellate court, in an appeal against acquittal, will not be justified in reversing the order of acquittal, unless it comes to the conclusion that the view taken by the trial court was wholly unreasonable or
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