Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1195 · Decided 21 October 2008
M. Dhandapani v. R. Muthu Naliappan & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1195 · [2008] 15 S.C.R. 40
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 453/2003
- Decided
- 21 October 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, C.K. THAKKER, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 378(4)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; S.378(4): c Assault - Police allegedly assaulted a shopkeeper for opening the shop after the time fixed for closing - Complaint - Evidence of witness - Reliability - Trial Court, on the basis of evidence of witnesses, held that accusations substance - Affirmed by High Court - Correctness of - 1 Held: Correct, as complainant version lacks credibility/ cogency. Appellant, a shopkeeper, was allegedly assaulted by E respondent, Police Officers, as he had opened the shop after the time fixed for its closing. Trial Court did not find
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