Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1175 · Decided 17 October 2008
State of Rajasthan v. Narayan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1175 · [2008] 14 S.C.R. 699
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1629/2008
- Decided
- 17 October 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
" Penal Cod~, 1860 - ss. 302, 316 and 309 - Appeal against acquittal - Power and duty of the Appellate Court - c Allegation that accused murdered his wife - Accused found lying in a pool of blood, gasping for breath while his wife lay dead besides him - Throats of both accused and his wife Court - But acquittal by High Court - Appeal against - Held: Presumption of innocence of D the accused is further strengthened by acquittal - Appellate ,-"! Court while considering an appeal against acquittal can inter- x fere only when there are compelling and substantial reasons for doing
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