Supreme Court of India

Jinnat Mia @ Jinu Mia v. State of Assam

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Bench M.M. Punchhi and M. Srinivasan JJ.
Decided 12 December 1997

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JUDGMENT: J U M N T Srinivasan, J. The main contention of the appellants is that the High Court has chosen to reverse the order of acquittal passed by the trial judge when the latter is not perverse or wholly unreasonable. In support of the same the decision in Tota Singh & Anr. Versus State of Punjab (1987) 2 SCC 529 is cited. Bench of two judges has held that in an appeal against acquittal, the jurisdiction of the appellate court is circumscribed by the limitation that no interference is to be made with the order unless the approach made by the lower court to the consideration of evidence…

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