Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 47 · Decided 14 January 2019
Ashish Jain v. Makrand Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 47 · [2019] 1 S.C.R. 345
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1980/2008
- Decided
- 14 January 2019
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 394, 449; Evidence Act Section 27; Constitution Article 20(3); Arms Act Section 27
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: ss. 302/34, 394/34 and 449 - ss. 11/13 of Madhya Pradesh Dakaiti and Vyapharan Prabhavit Kshetra Adhiniyam, 1981 and ss. 25(1)(b)(a) r/w s. 27 of Arms Act, 1959 - Prosecution under - Of three accused - Prosecution case based on circumstantial evidence articles on the basis of confessional statements of the accused - Conviction by trial court imposing death setence - High Court acquitted the accused - On appeal, held: Unless any blatant illegality or substantial error in the order of acquittal is proved, and as long as
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