Supreme Court of India

Kaptan Singh v. State of M.P.

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Bench M.K. Mukherjee and S.P. Kurdukar JJ.
Decided 24 April 1997

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with this judgment we would like to observe that in complying with the directions of the High Court, the trial Court should not be in any way influenced by any observation made by the High Court touching the merits of the case.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

JUDGMENT: J U M N T M.K. MUKHERJEE, J. Leave granted. The six appellants before us were arraigned before the Sessions Judge, Morena for rioting and the murder of Baijnath in the night between June 5 &6, 1983. The trial Judge acquitted them of both the charges; and aggrieved thereby the respondent No.2, who was the grandfather of the deceased, sent a registered letter to the High Court. That letter was registered as a criminal revision and notice was issued to the appellants.

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