Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 469 · Decided 13 November 2002
Dwarka Das and ORS. v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 469 · [2002] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 150
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1143/2002
- Decided
- 13 November 2002
- Bench
- U.C. BANERJEE, Y.K. SABHARWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 374(2)
Headnote
DAS AND ORS. v. STATE OF HARYANA NOVEMBER 13, 2002 [UMESH C. BANERJEE AND Y.K. SABHARWAL, JJ. ] Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973--Section 374 (2)-Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction-Issuance of directions by High Court to State Government to file C appeal against acquittal-Sustainability o/-Held: of jurisdiction which is neither fair nor reasonable­ Hence not sustainable. D E F In this appeal, the question that arose before this Court was whether High Court while exercising the criminal appellate jurisdiction under Section 374(2) Cr.P.C. could issue directions to State Government
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