In Brief
The appellant was acquitted by the trial court of murder charges but convicted by the High Court of causing grievous hurt and sentenced to one year imprisonment. The Supreme Court allowed the appeal, setting aside the conviction. The postmortem report found no injuries on the deceased, with death attributed to heart failure. The Court held the High Court's finding—that blows to the chest caused the death—was baseless and contradicted the medical evidence. The Court ruled that motive alone cannot establish culpability without credible evidence of the alleged act, and that convictions must rest on material evidence, not conjecture.
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