Supreme Court of India
Yeshwant and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra
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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
What the Court ordered
Accordingly, we allow the appeal of Brahmanand Gokul Prasad Tiwari and acquit him of all the charges levelled against him.
Judgment, page 13
From the headnote
Indian Penal Code (Act 45 of 1860), ss. 34, 302 and 30i-Five accused charF?ed with offences-One acquitted-Other four -convicted Propriety. The High Court allowed an appeal .against acquittal and convicted three of the appellants under ss. 302 and 34, 1.P. ., and the two others under ss. 307 and 14 J.P. . In appeal to this Court. HELD : The High Court had noticed the correct principles to he observed in appeals from acquittals before reappraising the evidence in the case. The High Court, however, had not examined the eviaence against each accused individually. The infirmities in the test
Where later benches applied it
- 2018 Vinubhai Ranchhodbhai Patel v. Rajivbhai Dudabhai Patel & Others
- 2014 State of Rajasthan v. Chandgi Ram & Ors.
Of those, 2 referred to
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