Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 404 · Decided 6 July 2006
V.K. Ratheesh v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 404 · [2006] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 314
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1375/1999
- Decided
- 6 July 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 378
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : S.378-Appeal against acquittal-Trial court found discrepancies in C proserntion case and ordered acquittal-High Court set aside the order of acquittal holding that discrepancies pointed out by trial court were trivia/­ Held: The High Court's judgment is against acquittal-Re-appreciation of evidence by appellate court-Scope of-Discussed. E F S.378-Two views possible on the evidence adduced-One pointing to the·guilt of the accused and the other lo his innocence-Held: View favourable to accused lo be adopted--Administration of criminal
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