Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 383 · Decided 17 April 2023
State of Rajasthan v. Asharam @ Ashumal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 383 · [2023] 4 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1156/2023
- Decided
- 17 April 2023
- Bench
- SANJIV KHANNA, M.M. SUNDRESH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 391, 311
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.391 - High Court allowed the application filed by the respondent u/s.391 of Cr.P.C., directing summoning and recording of evidence of one DCP, who wrote a book "Gunning for the Godman:The True story behind Asaram Bapu's conviction" had recorded a video of the scene of the crime (i.e. Kutiya) on his mobile phone on 21.08.2013, which is the day prior to the drawing of the site maps on 22.08.2013 - It was alleged that the victim was tutored based on the videography of the scene of the crime a day prior to the preparation
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