In Brief
The State of Punjab appealed against the High Court's acquittal of five accused persons in a truck-jeep collision case. The trial court had convicted them of murder and conspiracy, but the High Court reversed, finding the collision was accidental. The Supreme Court upheld the acquittal, noting that the collision occurred on the right side of both vehicles (not head-on as claimed), brakes were applied, the accused were unarmed, and no conspiracy evidence existed (no prior intimation to police or authorities). The Court held that false implication arising from previous enmity was plausible, and that when two views are possible in acquittal cases, courts should not interfere.
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