Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 332 · Decided 13 August 2002
Bindeshwari Prasad Singh v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 332 · [2002] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 495
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 808/2002
- Decided
- 13 August 2002
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, B.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 3021114, 114; CrPC Section 374, 401
Headnote
B Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Sections 374 and 401: Revision-Jurisdiction and power of High Court under Section 401 Cr.P.C.-Murder-Accused acquitted on benefit of doubt-Confirmed by the C High Court in appeal-Revision-Reversal and order for retrial thereof by the High Court-Correctness Court not justified in re-appreciating evidence-Not to interfere with order of acquittal except for correction of manifest illegality or prevention of gross miscarriage D of justice-Other-.vise it give rise to an incongruous situation that an accused acquitted by trial Court might
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