Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 315 · Decided 12 May 2010
Gopal Singh and ORS. v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 315 · [2010] 6 S.C.R. 1062
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1297/2008
- Decided
- 12 May 2010
- Bench
- H.S. BEDI, A.K. PATNAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Appeal - Appeal against acquittal - Allowed by High Court - Justification - Held: On facts, not justified - If trial C court's judgment is well based on the evidence and the conclusion drawn in favour of the acci.;;;;.;:d ts possible, High Court would not be justified in interfenng on the premise taken - Though High Court is entitled to reappraise the evidence, there should be D substantial and compelling reasons for setting aside an acquittal order and making one of conviction -· In the case at hand, the trjpl court gave positive findings with regard to various aspects of the
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