Supreme Court · 1960 INSC 24 · Decided 12 February 1960
SMT. Nagindra Bala Mitra and Another v. Sunil Chandra Roy and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1960 INSC 24 · [1960] 3 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 170/1956
- Decided
- 12 February 1960
- Bench
- S.K. DAS, A.K. SARKAR, M. HIDAYATULLAH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 325, 323, 447; CrPC Section 162
Headnote
COURT REPORTS SMT. NAGINDRA BALA MITRA AND ANOTHER v. SUNIL CHANDRA ROY AND ANOTHER (S. K. DAs, A. K. SARKAR AND M. HrnAYATULLAH. JJ.} Trial by Jury-Charge to the Jury-Duty'of Judge-Misdirec­ tion-Verdict of the jury, when could be interfered with-Code of Criminal Procedure, I898 (Act V in the case rriay be correctly determined by them after understanding the true import of the · evidence on the rival sides. Since a verdict of the jury depends upon the charge, if it fails to perform this basic purpose it cannot be regard­ ed as a proper charge and if it contains also
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