Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 258 · Decided 2 April 2024
Ballu @ Balram @ Balmukund and Another v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 258 · [2024] 4 S.C.R. 48
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1167/2018
- Decided
- 2 April 2024
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, SANDEEP MEHTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 201; CrPC; Evidence Act
Headnote
High Court whether justified in reversing the acquittal of the appellant Nos.1 and 2 and convicting them u/ss.302 and 201/34 and ss.302/34 and 201, Penal Code, 1860 respectively and sentencing accordingly; whether the prosecution proved its case whether the appellants were guilty of committing the crime. Appeal against acquittal - Interference - When not sustainable: Held: Prosecution case rests on circumstantial evidence - Trial Judge gave sound and cogent reasons for discarding the testimony of the IO and
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