Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 1040 · Decided 12 December 2024
Amar Sardar v. The State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 1040 · [2024] 12 S.C.R. 1267
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 5234/2024
- Decided
- 12 December 2024
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, N KOTISWAR SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 511, 354; CrPC Section 374, 374(2)
Headnote
Whether the High Court was justified in affirming the judgment of conviction and sentence passed by the Fast Track Court. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.374 - Whether High Court considered the evidence on record independently thereby by the Fast Track Court: Held: While hearing the appeals under Section 374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the High Court is exercising its appellate jurisdiction - It is the duty of an appellate court to independently evaluate the evidence presented and determine whether such
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