Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 319 · Decided 7 May 2013
Shivasharanappa and Others v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 319 · [2013] 5 S.C.R. 1104
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1366/2007
- Decided
- 7 May 2013
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 143, 147, 448, 302, 201, 149; CrPC
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860- ss. 143, 147,448,302 and 201 rlw. s. 149 - Prosecution under - Acquittal by trial court on the C ground that in view of unnatural behaviour of witnesses, it was not safe to convict the accused on the basis of their evidence - High Court convicted all the accused - Held: Trial of the witnesses treating their conduct as unnatural - There were no compelling o circumstances requiring a reversal of judgment of acquittal - Conviction order passed by High Court set aside. Appeal - Criminal appeal - Against acquittal - Scope of - Held: Powers of the appellate court in
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