Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 25 · Decided 10 January 2007
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Bacchudas@ Balaram and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 25 · [2007] 1 S.C.R. 671
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 39/2007
- Decided
- 10 January 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.H. KAPADIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34; CrPC Section 378, 386
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Sections 378 and 386-Appeal against acquittal-Power of appellate court to review evidence-Scope of-Stated-On facts, on re-appreciation of evidence of witnesses, order of acquittal passed by High Court suffers from no infirmity to warrant interference-Penal Code, I If two views are possible on the evidence adduced in the case, one pointing to the guilt of the accused and the other to his innocence, the view favourable to the accused should be adopted-Criminal jurisprudence. According to the prosecution case, on account of enmity between the parties,
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