Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 198 · Decided 6 April 2000
Narinder Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 198 · [2000] 2 S.C.R. 1022
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 490/1998
- Decided
- 6 April 2000
- Bench
- D.P. WADHWA, RUMA PAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 302
Headnote
India Penal Code 1860-Sections 34 & 302-Appellants acquitted by Sessions court in a murder trial-High Court reversed the order of acquittal as not justified by evidence on record-Interference by High Court­ Guidelines-If acquittal is manifestly erroneous based on improper apprecia­ but not when two views are possible, based on evidence, supporting both acquittal and conviction and the High Court prefers a view contrary to that of the Trial Court. · The appellants were brought to trial for having murdered one G. The Sessions Court acquitted them on the grounds that
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