Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1107 · Decided 1 October 2019
Sudam @ Rahul Kaniram Jadhav v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1107 · [2019] 14 S.C.R. 943
- Case number
- REVIEW PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 401/2012
- Decided
- 1 October 2019
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR, INDIRA BANERJEE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Constitution Article 137
Headnote
Review Jurisdiction: Scope of review in criminal proceedings - Held: In criminal proceedings, the scope of review jurisdiction of Supreme Court is guided by Art.137 of the Constitution as well as Or.XL r.10 of the Supreme permit the Court to correct miscarriage of justice caused by an error apparent on the face of the record - Supreme Court cannot re-appreciate evidence in its entirety in the exercise of its review jurisdiction. Penal Code, 1860: s.302 - Circumstantial evidence - Conviction
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