The Supreme Court restored a 1995 murder acquittal, holding that a High Court cannot substitute its own view for a plausible trial court finding without showing the acquittal was perverse.
The Delhi High Court upheld a 2014 acquittal in a robbery case, ruling that appellate courts should interfere only if findings are perverse. It reiterated the settled principle of “double presumption of innocence” in favour of an accused after acquittal.
