Although the district court acquitted the defendants based on its erroneous view that their sincerely held religious beliefs precluded a finding of willfulness, this determination was in its essential nature factual rather than legal and therefore Double Jeopardy applied
ज्या ज्या वनहक्कांपासून वंचित ठेवल्यामुळे वननिवासींवर ऐतिहासीक अन्याय झाला, त्या वनहक्कांना मान्यता देऊन तो अन्याय दूर करण्याचे मुख्य ध्येय कायद्याच्या वरील प्रस्तावनेतून स्पष्ट होते.