(1.) State of Karnataka is in appeal against the judgment of the learned Single Judge of the Karnataka High Court directing acquittal of the respondents who were charged for commission of offence punishable under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (in short the Rs. IPC).
(2.) Background facts as projected by prosecution in a nutshell are as follows:
(3.) The case of the respondents was that in view of some property dispute, PWs. l & 2 filed a false case against them and they are innocent.