Supreme Court of India

B. Subba Rao and Ors. v. Public Prosecutor, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad

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Reported as [1997] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 370
Bench M.K. Mukherjee and S. Saghir Ahmad JJ.
Decided 7 August 1997

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the prosecution has been able to prove its case beyond all reasonable doubts.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

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