Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 987 · Decided 31 July 2009
Champaben Govindbhai v. Popatbhai Manilal and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 987 · [2009] 11 S.C.R. 776
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 429/2002
- Decided
- 31 July 2009
- Bench
- D.K. JAIN, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 378
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.378 - Appeal against acquittal - Acquittal by trial court - High Court C affirmed order of acquittal holding that medical evidence did not disclose that injuries caused on deceased were sufficient in ordinary course of nature to cause death; witnesses were reliable and there was delay in lodging FIR - Appeal filed by complainant challenging the o acquittal - Held: Finding of High Court was contrary to medical record - Fact that witnesses were related cannot be a ground to discard their evidence - Records show that there was no delay in lodging FIR
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