Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 863 · Decided 24 July 2008
Suraj Singh v. Arijit Pasayat and DR. Mukundakam Sharma, JJ.]
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 863 · [2008] 11 S.C.R. 286
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1072/2004
- Decided
- 24 July 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: c s.378 -Appeal against acquittal - Powers of High Court i. - HELD: Both questions of fact and of law are open to deter- mination by High Court in an appeal against acquittal - High Court has full power to reappreciate, review and reconsider evidence at large, is D founded and to reach its own conclusion on such evidence - Penal Code, 1860- s.302. ..( _, Evidence: E Eye witness account vis-a-vis medical evidence - Ac- cused shot dead his cousin -Acquittal by trial court on grounds of medical evidence being at variance with other evidence, and
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