Penal Code, 1860–Secs. 302, 302/149, 307/149 & 341 [Secs. 103, 103/190, 109/190 & 126(2) of BNS, 2023]–Acquittal from the offence–Two prime prosecution witnesses turned hostile and did not support the prosecution case–Seizure witnesses of the recovery of sword also did not support the case of prosecution–Even, the recovery of crime weapon cannot be the sole ground of the conviction–There is no compelling reason to overturn the judgment of acquittal–Interference declined.
