As per case facts, the complainant Girishbhai Makwana and his cousin were sitting when Hansaben informed them that Chintu, son of Chhotalal Painter, had thrown a water pouch and abused ... her. When the complainant confronted him, the accused persons became angry, and Chintu inflicted knife blows on Girishbhai's left leg while uttering caste-based abuses. People gathered and rescued him, and the accused fled. The complaint was filed for offenses under the Indian Penal Code and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The appellant-State of Gujarat appealed against the trial court's judgment of acquittal, arguing that the trial court failed to appreciate the evidence and erroneously concluded that the prosecution had not proven its case. The question arose whether the lower court's acquittal was perverse or based on a misreading of material evidence, warranting interference by the appellate court. Finally, the High Court, after re-appreciating the evidence, found no infirmity or irregularity in the trial court's findings of fact and concurred that the prosecution failed to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt, thus dismissing the appeal.