Supreme Court of India

Akhlakali Hayatalli v. The State of Bombay.

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Reported as [1954] 1 S.C.R. 435
Bench B. K. Mukherjea Arid N. H. Bhagwa'ri J.
Decided 9 December 1953

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From the headnote

Criminal Proced·urc Code (V of 1898 as amended), -ll. 807-Re­ ference to High Oo1irt-Propcr approach-J,ury-Sole Judges of facts-Provided verdict co1dd be arrived cit by reasonable body of men. The proper method of approach in the matters of references under s. 307 of the Criminal Procedure Code as finally settled is that the High Court will only interfere with the verdict of the jury if it finds the verdict perverse in the sense of being unreason­ able, manifestly wrong or against the weight of evidence. If the facts and circumstances of the case are such that a reasonable body of men could

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 mentioned

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