Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1327 · Decided 6 December 2022
Lakhan Singh v. Amarjeet Singh & Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 1327 · [2022] 17 S.C.R. 820
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2191/2022
- Decided
- 6 December 2022
- Bench
- DINESH MAHESHWARI, SUDHANSHU DHULIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 84; CrPC Section 391, 311
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.391 - Additional evidence in criminal appeal - When impermissible - Respondent no.1-accused was convicted u/s 302, IPC and sentenced to life - Conviction and sentence challenged by respondent before High for recording of evidence in respect of his plea of unsoundness of mind - Application allowed, Trial Court was directed to take on record the additional evidence and documents and to send the file back along with additional evidence - On appeal by complainant, held: Evidence
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