A conviction for attempted murder may be upheld on appeal notwithstanding that the appellate court itself harbours a doubt about the verdict, where the jury's advantage in seeing and hearing the witnesses — particularly a crucial but unreliable prosecution witness — is capable of resolving that doubt. The giving of a Prasad direction by the trial judge does not, of itself, support a contention that the verdict is unsafe and unsatisfactory.
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