THE STATE OF RAJASTHAN HOME DEPARTMENT THROUGH ASP (RURAL) vs KISTOORA RAM — Crl.A. No. 2119/2010

The Supreme Court dismissed Rajasthan's appeal against Kistoora Ram's acquittal in a murder case. The trial court had convicted Ram under IPC Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (destroying evidence) for killing his wife with a lathi and setting her on fire, sentencing him to life imprisonment. However, the High Court acquitted him, finding the prosecution's case rested primarily on an uncorroborated extra-judicial confession, which is weak evidence requiring independent corroboration. The Supreme Court upheld the acquittal, holding that interference in acquittal orders is limited and only permissible if the lower court's view is impossible or perverse, which was not the case here. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.