Mere acquittal by a criminal court will not entitle
"...Mere acquittal by a criminal court will not entitle the employee to claim any benefit including reinstatement... However, if the charges in the departmental inquiry and the criminal court are the same or similar, and if there is evidence, The witnesses and circumstances are the same, then the case takes on a different dimension.
Ram Lal vs. State of Rajasthan, Civil Appeal No. 7935/2023
supreme court of india