Supreme Court · 1991 INSC 134 · Decided 7 May 1991
Bollavaram Pedda Narsi Reddy and ORS. v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1991 INSC 134 · [1991] 2 S.C.R. 723
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 194/1979
- Decided
- 7 May 1991
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, M. FATHIMA BEEVI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 149; Evidence Act Section 9
Headnote
Supreme Court (Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction) Act, 1970: Section 2. Indian Penal Code 1860: Sections 302 and 149. Criminal Law-Murder-Identification of accused-Circums- tances showing that eye-witnesses did not have the opportunity to identify the accused-Rejection of testimony of acquittal by the State-Power of appel- late court to reappraise and evaluate evidence-Reversal of acquittal order and conviction of accused by appellate court held not justified. Indian Evidence Act, 1872: Section 9 . Test Identification Parades-Mixing of persons known to accused with
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