Supreme Court of India

Tota Singh & Anr. v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [1987] 2 S.C.R. 747
Bench A.P. Sen and V. Balakrishna Eradi JJ.
Decided 1 April 1987

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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. ss. 378 and 386-Appeal against order of acquittal-Interference by appellate court-Jurisdiction of­ No interference unless approach of trial court vitiated by some manifest illegality. ' The appellants were tried by the Court of Sessions on charges under section 302 IPC read with section 34 IPC and section 323 IPC read with section 34 IPC, and the Sessions Judge acquitted the appel· lants of all the charges laid against them on the grounds: (i) that there c was no proper explanation for the inordinate delay in reporting ttie crime to the police; (ii) that there

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