Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1107 · Decided 30 September 2008
Murugan and ANR. v. State REP. BY Public Prosecutor, Madras, Tamil Nadu ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1107 · [2008] 13 S.C.R. 1160
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1278/2001
- Decided
- 30 September 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307; CrPC
Headnote
[2008] 13 S.C.R 1160 A MURUGAN AND ANR. V. STATE REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, MADRAS, TAMIL NADU ANR. (Criminal Appeal No. 1278 of 2001) B SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 [DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT AND DR. MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA, JJ] c Code of Criminal Procedure; 1973; s .. 378 - Appeal against acquittal - Power of is not to be eroded, at the same time, uninformed 'r legitimization of trivialities would hamper administration of ~ criminal justice -- In the instant case, grounds of acquittal re- lied upon by trial court were rightly held by High Court unten- able - Analysis made by High Court to se,t aside
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