ORDER : 1. The appellant-State of Rajasthan lays challenge to the judgment and order dated 08th January, 2013 in D.B. Criminal Appeal No.952/2004 titled “Thawara s/o Mana Awari Meena V. State of Rajasthan” passed by the High Court of Rajasthan at Jodhpur. 2. The Trial Court convicted the respondents herein for having committed an offence punishable under Sections 302 and 323 IPC. Accordingly, appropriate sentence was awarded. Such judgment of conviction and sentence stands reversed by the High Court. 3. We have perused the judgments as also the materials placed on record by the parties. The State rests its case on the testimonies of four out of 17 witnesses. Significantly, PW-8 and PW-9 are not eye-witnesses, and their testimonies are more so on the basis of hearsay. Still further, the testimonies of PWs 2 and 3 who allegedly had seen the occurrence of the incident, stood disbelieved by the High Court for the same to be self and mutually contradictory apart from them being interested witnesses. We are of the considered view that the opinion of the High Court with regard to the credibility of the witnesses cannot be said to be perverse. The medical opinion also does not support the prosecution case for the injuries sustained by the deceased Badiya could not have been inflicted with the blow of a stick (lathi). This belies the prosecution case of the deceased having received injuries with the blows given by the accused. As per the doctor (PW-15) the injuries were of lacerated wounds; ribs were broken; the lungs were damaged; and the blood vessels torn. 4. Hence, we find no reason to interfere with the impugned judgment and order of the High Court. 5. The criminal appeal is, accordingly, dismissed. 6. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.