Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1246 · Decided 5 November 2008
Manjunath Ganesh Hegde & ORS. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1246 · [2008] 15 S.C.R. 452
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 826/2002
- Decided
- 5 November 2008
- Bench
- C.K. THAKKER, D.K. JAIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34; CrPC Section 378
Headnote
Appeal - Criminal appeal - Power of First appellate i Court/High Court- Exercise of- Scope ~ Trial court acquitted I "· c accused of all charges - Acquittal set aside by High Court for some of the -offences, without indicating reasons - Propriety of - Held: Not proper - High Court first appellate court ought to have considered the evidence of prosecution witnesses - Matter remitted to High D Court. Charges were framed against the appellants- ... ,_____ accused persons under ss.341, 324, 326, 504, 506, r.w. . ' s.34 IPC. Trial Court acquitted all the accused persons on E
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