Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 225 · Decided 8 May 1998
Sambasivan and ORS. v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 225 · [1998] 3 S.C.R. 280
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 180/1990
- Decided
- 8 May 1998
- Bench
- M.K. MUKHERJEE, S.S.M. QUADRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 3, 34; CrPC Section 378, 386, 379; Evidence Act Section 3
Headnote
Criminal Law : Penal Code 1860-Section 302 r!w Section 34, Section 307 rlw Section C 34-Prosecution case corroborated by medical evidence-Conviction sustained Criminal Procedure Code 1973-Sections 378 and 386-Appeal against acquittal-Scope of Powers of the Appellate Court-Held-Appellate Court must wrong, manifestly erroneous or demonstrably unsustainable-Then reappraise evidence-If view of the Trial Court wholly erroneous-Interference by High Court justified Evidence Act, 1872-Section 3-Jnterested witnesses-Witnesses belonging to rival group-Held-Ur.ion rivalry not a' ground to brush
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