Supreme Court of India

Ramesh Babulal Doshi v. The State of Gujarat

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 265
Bench M.K. Mukherjee and S.P. Kurdukar JJ.
Decided 2 May 1996

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons the trial Court expressed its inability lo rely upon his testimony.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973,-S.379-Appeal against reversal of acquittaf-Trial Court acquitting appellant of charge of murder-High Court reappraising evidence and convicting the appellant without considering trial court's findings-Held, reasons given by trial court's were cogent and convinc­ ing and the High Court's approach in reappraising evidence was patently wrong. c Criminal trial-Circumstantial evidence-After initial search of premises of accused two days after event only a pair of blood stained trousers recovered-Keys of house left with brother~ in-law of accuseti-Second search

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to

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