Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 54 · Decided 18 January 2022
Geeta Devi v. State of U.P. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 54 · [2022] 1 S.C.R. 428
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 78/2022
- Decided
- 18 January 2022
- Bench
- M.R. SHAH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 452, 323, 34, 325, 3(1)(x), 3(1)(xi), 354, 504; CrPC Section 378; SC/ST Act Section 3(1)(x), 3(1)(xi)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.378 - Appellate Power of High Court in case of acquittal - In the instant case, trial court convicted respondents for the offences punishable under ss.452, 323/34 and 325/34 of the IPC, however, acquitted them for the 504, 506 of the IPC, ss.3(1)(x) and 3(1)(xi) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 - High Court dismissed victim's appeal without elaborate reappreciation of the entire evidence on record - On appeal, held: High Court only
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