Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 282 · Decided 27 February 2009
Lunaram v. Bhupat Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 282 · [2009] 3 S.C.R. 706
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 405/2009
- Decided
- 27 February 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 323, 3(2)(5)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 302 and 323 rlw s.34 - c Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act - s.3(2)(5) - Trial Court convicted accused­ respondents under s.302134 /PC and s.3(2)(5) of the SC/ST Act - High Court held that the prosecution version was not believable and against 0 acquittal - Held: Generally, order of acquittal is not to be interfered with as presumption of innocence of accused is further strengthened by acquittal - Appellate court while considering appeal against acquittal is to interfere only when there are substantial reasons for doing so -
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