As per the case facts the appellant was convicted along with co-accused for offenses including murder robbery and voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery The High Court dismissed the appeal ... affirming the trial court's judgment of conviction and sentence of life imprisonment The prosecution's case was based on an eyewitness account and the recovery of a weapon The question arose whether the prosecution successfully established its case against the appellant beyond a reasonable doubt especially concerning the identification of the accused and the recovery of the weapon Finally the Supreme Court held that it was difficult to say the prosecution had not established its case against the appellant beyond a reasonable doubt The Court was convinced with the reasoning adopted by both the trial court and the High Court in finding the appellant guilty The appeal was dismissed However recognizing the appellant's poor family background and long incarceration the Court granted liberty to the appellant to apply for premature release to the competent State authority