Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 511 · Decided 5 August 2013
Shridhar Namdeo Lawand v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 511 · [2013] 7 S.C.R. 1057
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1124/2013
- Decided
- 5 August 2013
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI, RANJAN GOGOI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act
Headnote
Appeal: A B c Criminal appeal - Decided by High Court in absence of counsel for accused - Held: Court should not decide criminal case in the absence of counsel for the accused - Accused should not suffer for the fault of his counsel and court must appoint another counsel as an the 0 accused - It is the duty of appellate court to look into the evidence adduced in the case so as to arrive at the conclusion whether prosecution case can be said to have been proved beyond reasonable doubt - Credibility of a witness has to be adjudged by appellate court in drawing
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