Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 148 · Decided 25 August 1981
State of West Bengal v. Shew Mangal Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 148 · [1982] 1 S.C.R. 360
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 3459/1980
- Decided
- 25 August 1981
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, V. BALAKRISHNA ERADI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 197; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
STATE OF WEST BENGAL v. SHEW MANGAL SINGH & ORS. August 25, 1981 (Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, C.J AND V. BALAKRISHNA ERADI, J.] Constitution of India, 1950, Art. 136-Special Leave to appeal-Criminal Trial-Conviction by trial court-Acquittal by High Court-lnterfl!rence by Supreme Court-When arises. that command was lawful-Enquiry into-When arises. Criminal Trial-Duty of Courts-To ensure that innocents are not comi'cted and guilty are not acquitted. The respondents were police officers. The prosecution alleged that when the deceased and his brother were sitting outside the house three police
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