Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 289 · Decided 7 May 2021
Achhar Singh v. State of Himachal Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 289 · [2021] 5 S.C.R. 243
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1140/2010
- Decided
- 7 May 2021
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, SURYA KANT, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 452, 326, 323; CrPC Section 378; Evidence Act; Constitution Article 20(3)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 378 - Appeal in case of acquittal - Exercise of power by the High Court under - On facts, the High Court convicted two accused-appellants for offences u/s. 452, 326 and 323 and u/ss. 302 and 452 IPC, respectively, setting aside trial court - Interference with - Held: High Court rightly interfered with the perverse findings of the trial court and prevented miscarriage of justice by convicting the appellants - High Court went through the consistent evidence against some of the accused which were
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