Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 257 · Decided 21 December 1973
Ram Jag and Others v. The State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 257 · [1974] 3 S.C.R. 9
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 110/1970
- Decided
- 21 December 1973
- Bench
- M. HAMEEDULLAH BEG, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 32S, 323, 147; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
9 Penal Code-Ss. 302, 32S, 323-i::o11stitt1tioll of India-Art. 136-High Co11rt set1ti11,~ aside acquittal-Appeal b)' special leave-If Supre1ne Court could reappreciate e1•ide11ce. Tbe appellants who were charged with the offence of murder were acquitted by the Additional Sessions Judge but Court convicted them under various sections of the Penal Code and sentenced them to life imprisonment for the offence of murder and to shorter tcnns for the other offences. The prosecution case was that when the deceased, along with three other persons, was returning from temple, he was attacked
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