Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 41 · Decided 10 February 1987
Jawahar Lal Singh v. Naresh Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 41 · [1987] 2 S.C.R. 220
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 150/1986
- Decided
- 10 February 1987
- Bench
- G.L. OZA, M.M. DUTT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 396; CrPC Section 378(1)
Headnote
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973: s.378(1) & (3),--Petition by State for leave to appeal against acquittal of accused charged under s.396 IPC dismissed in limine by High Court without a reasoned order-Case remitted to High Court for disposal in accordance with law. A nnmber of persons were tried Indian Penal Code. Eye witnesses claimed to have identified the accnsed persons in the light of a lantern. The evidence also attributed different parts to different accn~ed persons. The trial court after con•idering the D evidence discarded it and acqnitted all the accused persons of the
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