Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 562 · Decided 26 August 2013
Kamlesh Prabhudas Tanna & Another v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 562 · [2013] 9 S.C.R. 257
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1517/2007
- Decided
- 26 August 2013
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC
Headnote
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973: Appeal - High Court affirming the conviction - Held: It is c the sacrosanct duty of appellate court, while sitting in appeal against judgment of trial court, to be satisfied that the guilt of accused has been established beyond all reasonable doubt -- Appreciation re-assessment to arrive: at the conclusion is imperative in a criminal appeal - D In the instant case, High Court, while dealing with the statutory ' appeal has failed to appreciate and scrutinize the evidence in proper perspective, and the reasons ascribed by it for accepting the evidence and
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