Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 694 · Decided 10 December 2020
Rohtas & ANR. v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 694 · [2020] 11 S.C.R. 983
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 38/2011
- Decided
- 10 December 2020
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, SURYA KANT, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 141, 148, 149, 307; CrPC Section 211, 211to224, 386, 464, 313
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss.211-224, 386 - Alteration of charges - Permissibility of - Seven accused persons (one of whom died during trial) attacked victim-complainant - Six accused persons (including the three appellants-accused) convicted for offence 148 upheld by High Court and sentence u/s.307 reduced from seven years to five; other three co-accused persons acquitted - On appeal, held: ss.211-224 dealing with framing of charges in criminal trials, give significant flexibility to Courts to alter and rectify the charges -
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