Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 46 · Decided 16 February 1987
Biswanath Ghosh v. State of West Bengal & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 46 · [1987] 2 S.C.R. 305
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 94/1987
- Decided
- 16 February 1987
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, V. BALAKRISHNA ERADI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 149; CrPC Section 385; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
B Constitution of India, 1950, Article 136-lnterference by Supreme . j Court with an oraer of acquittal recorded by the High Court at the instance of a private complaint, permissiblity. --r Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, section 385, scope-Appeal· c disposed of in the absence of the solely relying on the concession made by the Public Prosecutor as to the discrepancy in the number of injuries found on the deceased and the witnesses' deposition is vitiated and bad in law. D Respondents 2 to 9 preferred an appeal to the Calcutta High Court against their conviction and
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