Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 719 · Decided 6 May 2009
Perla Somasekhara Reddy and ORS. v. State of A.P. REP. BY Public Prosecutor
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 719 · [2009] 8 S.C.R. 145
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1218/2006
- Decided
- 6 May 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 378
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: c 'Sections 302, 302 rlw 149, 307, 120-8, 148: Murder - Charges framed under various sections of /PC - All accused acquitted by Trial Court - On appeal by State, High Court convicted the accused under Sections 302, 302 D r/w 149 and 307 - Acquitted the of the charges except under Sections 120-8 and 148 - Appeal to Supreme Court - Powers of the Appellate Court against acquittal - Discussed - Principles reiterated - Reasonable doubt is a fair doubt based upon reason and common sense E - Concepts of probability and degrees thereof - Discussed -
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