STATE OF U.P. vs MANGAL SINGH .

The Supreme Court upheld the Allahabad High Court's acquittal of the accused under Sections 148 and 302 read with Section 149 IPC, finding that the prosecution's eyewitnesses, PW.1 and PW.3, lacked credibility due to inconsistencies in their testimonies regarding the occurrence of the incident. The Court noted that the High Court's reasoning, which highlighted the witnesses' shifting accounts and the absence of injuries to PW.1 despite the alleged indiscriminate firing, was sufficient to doubt the prosecution's version. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed, affirming the High Court's judgment.