In Brief
The appellants were convicted under the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act, 1961 for practicing medicine without valid qualifications. The Supreme Court allowed their appeal, finding that the conviction rested solely on unreliable testimony of a police-planted pointer witness who admitted she had no actual injury when treated. Material contradictions existed among other witnesses, several of whom were connected to the landlord with whom the appellants had a tenancy dispute. The prescription evidence was not properly proven or seized. Lacking credible evidence and finding reasonable doubt about guilt, the Court acquitted the appellants and set aside the conviction and sentence."
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