Finding Of Acquittal

The Supreme Court today held Bihar politician Prabhunath Singh, a former lawmaker of Lalu Yadav's RJD, guilty in a 1995 double murder case, reversing his 2008 acquittal in the case by the Patna High Court.

It is not permissible to interfere with the finding of acquittal unless it is found that view taken by the court is perverse, the Supreme Court has said while upholding the acquittal of a man accused of killing his wife and setting her on fire.

The Supreme Court today held Bihar politician Prabhunath Singh, a former lawmaker of Lalu Yadav's RJD, guilty in a 1995 double murder case, reversing his 2008 acquittal in the case by the Patna High Court.

It is not permissible to interfere with the finding of acquittal unless it is found that view taken by the court is perverse, the Supreme Court has said while upholding the acquittal of a man accused of killing his wife and setting her on fire.