Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 17 · Decided 13 January 1997
State of Raiasthan v. Ani @ Hanif and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 17 · [1997] 1 S.C.R. 199
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1533/1995
- Decided
- 13 January 1997
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, K.T. THOMAS (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307, 326; Evidence Act Section 165, 9
Headnote
B ··<!' Criminal Law: Evidence Act, 1872 : Section 165 : Trial Judge-Powers and duty of-:-:Tlial Judge interjected dwing cross- examination of a witness to get a confusion in his mind cleare~Held: the c tlial Judge was within his powers in so inte1jectin15The trial Judge had vast the trntlt-Judge remaining mute dwing t1ial was not an ideal situation-He was expected to actively participate in the trial. ,y Oiminal Procedure Code, 1973 _: Section f54. D Oiminal Trial-Appreciation of evidence-!11jured eye witness stated in FIR that it was recorded in the evening-Whereas
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