Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 53 · Decided 2 February 2021
State of Gujarat v. Bhalchandra Laxmishankar Dave
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 53 · [2021] 1 S.C.R. 453
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 99/2021
- Decided
- 2 February 2021
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, M.R. SHAH, R. SUBHASH REDDY (3-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(1), 13(2)
Headnote
Appeal: Appeal against acquittal - Scope of interference - Conviction of respondent-accused by trial court u/s.7 r/w ss.13(1) and (2) of Prevention of Corruption Act - Acquittal by High Court - On State's appeal, held: High Court made general observations on witnesses examined - However, there was no re-appreciation of the entire evidence on record in detail, which ought to have been done by High Court while dealing with order of conviction passed by trial court - High Court ought to have appreciated that it was dealing with first appeal
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