Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 699 · Decided 11 July 2022
Ravi Sharma v. State (Government of NCT of Delhi) and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 699 · [2022] 12 S.C.R. 257
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 410/2015
- Decided
- 11 July 2022
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, M.M. SUNDRESH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 378; Evidence Act Section 27
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.378 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872 - s.27 - FIR was recorded on finding a dead body - PW-2 (brother of deceased) identified the dead body - Statements of both PW-1, father of deceased and PW-2 were recorded - Both pointed extending the benefit of doubt in favour of appellant passed the order of acquittal - High Court ordered conviction of the appellant - On appeal, held: High Court have not acted within the legal parameters set down for s.378 Cr.PC. by the various judgments of Supreme Court -
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