The State of Himachal Pradesh filed a criminal appeal against the acquittal of Rajesh Verma by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Theog, for offences under Sections 279 and 304A of the IPC. The prosecution alleged that on 31.10.2007, the accused negligently drove a pick-up vehicle near Fagu, causing a passenger (Raju) sitting on loaded goods to fall and sustain fatal head injuries. The Trial Court acquitted the accused, finding the prosecution evidence insufficient to establish negligence and noting that it was equally probable that the deceased was tying ropes on the pick-up when the bus struck him. The High Court, in the portion of the judgment provided, was examining whether the acquittal was perverse, impossible, wholly unsustainable, or manifestly illegal, applying the settled principle that an appellate court should be slow to interfere with a judgment of acquittal, especially where two reasonable views are possible on the evidence.