Supreme Court of India

Arjun Marik and Ors. v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [1994] 2 S.C.R. 265

Bench Dr. A.S. Anand and Faizan Uddin JJ.

Decided 2 March 1994

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the Trial Court as well as the High Court, both, ignoring the impact of all the inherent improbilities and infirmities which are pointed by us in the foregoing faras, recorded the finding of guilt against the appellants which is manifestly erroneous and unreasonable.

Judgment, page 16

Authorities it was built on

1964 Masalti v. State of U. P cited by 86

Where later benches applied it

2019 Digamber Vaishnav & Anr. v. State of Chhattisgarh Criminal Appeal Nos. 428-430 of 2019 March 05, 2019 relied on
2014 Krishnan @ Ramasamy & Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu relied on
2013 Rishipal v. State of Uttarakhand relied on
2025 Sovaran Singh Prajapati v. The State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2022 Chandrapal v. State of Chhattisgarh (earlier M.p.) referred to
2017 Anjan Kumar Sarma & Ors. v. State of Assam referred to
2017 Soyebbhai Yusufbhai Bharania & Ors. v. State of Gujarat referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 4 referred to

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