Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 596 · Decided 5 December 2001

Sudama Pandey and ORS. v. State of Bihar

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2001 INSC 596 · [2001] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 465
Case number
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 654/2000
Decided
5 December 2001
Bench
U.C. BANERJEE, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Appeal(s) allowed
Case type
Criminal
Acts & sections cited
IPC Section 201, 34; Constitution Article 136

Headnote

Criminal Trial-Cirl'utnstantial evidence--Conviction on basis of-&middot; Circumstances should be such as to .form a chain leading to i1iference ~f the guilt ~f the accused. Constitwion of India, 1950-Arllcle 136 : Concurrent . .findin{?s <~ffacts---Nornu1lly not inte(fered o.f evidence-Not nonna/ly done-But could be resorted to D \~&middot;hen assessn1ent o.f evidence is viliated by error of lcnv or procedure or if I here is 111isreading <~f evidence. Appellants allegedly caused the death of 12 years old girl. Trial Court, relying upon various

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