Supreme Court of India

Toran Singh v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [2002] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 390
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Shivaraj V. Patil JJ.
Decided 1 August 2002

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the impugned judgment affirming the judgment of the trial court is set aside.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860-Section 302-Murder-Trial Court brushing aside the infirmities and improbabilities in the prosecution case-Convicting the accused-Confirmed by High Court-On appeal held, High Court ought to have scrutinized and examined its evidence as first court of appeal-Order of Trial Court and High Court set aside-Accused acquitted giving benefit of doubt-Criminal trial-Appreciation of evidence. Constitution of India, 1950-Article 136-Concurrent finding by courts below-Normally not interfered with-Where no proper and objective appreciation of evidence by trial court-High Court as first

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