acquittal vis-a-vis honourable
acquittal. The Court has held that acquittal of a person is an
"honourable" acquittal in every sense ... service, the acquittal, it was held, has to be
honourable. The expressions 'honourable acquittal',
'acquitted of blame', 'fully exonerated
acquittal vis-a-vis honourable
acquittal. The Court has held that acquittal of a person is an "honourable"
acquittal in every sense ... service, the acquittal, it was held,
has to be honourable. The expressions
'honourable acquittal', 'acquitted of blame',
'fully exonerated
accordingly, it was held that an acquittal was always an honourable
acquittal and the appellant could not be denied the benefit of being
appointed ... service, the acquittal, it was held, has to be
honourable. The expressions "honourable
acquittal", "acquitted of blame", "fully
exonerated
opinion of the
committee, cannot be termed as as honourable
acquittal. Moreover, it appears that the witnesses
had been won over by the accused. Further ... acquittal recorded by
the criminal Court was based on no incriminating material
against the candidates, therefore, the acquittal has to be treated
as honourable acquittal
plead that
under these circumstances, the acquittal cannot be termed as
honourable acquittal to entitle or enable the petitioner to seek
appointment under the provisions ... prosecution and hence, this case was a case of
honourable acquittal though generally it is so recorded by the Courts
that the acquittal
evidence, to something less than that. The concepts of "Honourable Acquittal", "fully exonerated" or "acquitted of blame ... acquittal of the petitioner is not honourable".
(Emphasis supplied)
11. The expression "honourable acquittal" has been considered by a Division Bench
judgment of
acquittal to say that even benefit of doubt meant honourable acquittal. A
Division Bench of this Court in Bhag Singh v. Punjab ... persons' acquittal has been recorded by giving benefit of
doubt, it cannot be said that acquittal of the petitioner was not
honourable. Thus, even
event, the terms "honourable acquittal" or "fully
exonerated" are unknown in the Code of Criminal Procedure or in
Criminal Jurisprudence. These ... Bench observed as
under:-
"There is no conception like "honourable acquittal" in Criminal
P.C. The onus of establishing the guilt
given the benefit of
the said acquittal to the petitioner by revoking his suspension.
12. Every acquittal is honourable acquittal. There is
nothing ... criminal jurisprudence for treating the effects and consequences
of an honourable acquittal from an acquittal on failure of the
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constable lacks force. The term as to what is
'honourable acquittal', was considered by Supreme Court in Deputy
Inspector General of Police ... service, the acquittal, it was held, has to be honourable. The
expressions "honourable acquittal", "acquitted of blame",
"fully exonerated
