Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 556 · Decided 18 December 2002
State of Uttar Pradesh v. Ram Sewak and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 556 · [2002] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 503
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 530/1991
- Decided
- 18 December 2002
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, D.M. DHARMADHIKARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 148
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860-Section 302 read with Section 148-Conviction­ Acquillal by High Court-Justification of-Appeal-Held: Acquilla! not justified since High Court on unsubstantial grounds and merely on conjectures C rejected the dying declaration of the deceased which fully established active filing of FIR-Hence order of acquillal set aside as against the accused actively involved. Appeal against acquillal-Interference by Supreme· Court-Scope- D Held: this Court should be slow in interfering with the verdict of acq11i1tal- Jf verdict of acquillal is reasonable, this Court should
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