Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 16 · Decided 1 February 1980
P. S. R. Sadhanantham v. Arunachalam & AIIR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 16 · [1980] 2 S.C.R. 873
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 355/1979
- Decided
- 1 February 1980
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, D.A. DESAI, R.S. PATHAK, A.D. KOSHAL (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 148; CrPC Section 378; Constitution Article 136, 32, 21
Headnote
Constitution of India 1950, Article 136- Scope of jurisdiction-High Court in appeal setting aside conviction and sentence by trial court for murder­ No appeal preferred by government-Private party if could invoke jurisdiction under Article 136. Words & Phrases-'Crime'-Definition of. The High Court in appeal, of charges under sections 302 and 148 I.P.C., but the brother of the deceased-not the State nor even the first informant, petitioned this Court under Article 136 of the Consti­ tution for special leave to appeal against acquittal, got leave, had his appeal · heard,
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