Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 295 · Decided 10 April 2024
Bhupatbhai Bachubhai Chavda & ANR. v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 295 · [2024] 4 S.C.R. 322
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 334/2019
- Decided
- 10 April 2024
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, UJJAL BHUYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 323; CrPC Section 378
Headnote
High Court, if justified in overturning the order of acquittal. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 378 - Appeal against acquittal - Interference by the appellate court, when: Held: Appellate Court can interfere with the order of acquittal only the evidence that the only possible conclusion was that the guilt of the accused had been established beyond a reasonable doubt - Appellate Court cannot overturn order of acquittal only on the ground that another view is possible - Judgment of acquittal must be found to
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