Supreme Court of India

Satyajit Banerjee and Ors. v. State of West Bengal and Ors.

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 294

Bench Y.K. Sabharwal and D.M. Dharmadhikari JJ.

Decided 23 November 2004

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Penal Code, 1860 ; Ss. 306 and 498/Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Ss. 311 and 401 : Wife committed suicide due to torturing by husband and /n-laws- Trial Court acquitted all the accused holding the evidence not reliable High Court directed de novo trial on the ground of lack of evidence, trial Court ought to have invoked its revisional power to examine some of the important witnesses/additional witnesses-Correctness of-:Held : High Court's directions for fresh trial from stage one and in the light of the formula suggested likely to be mistaken by the trial Court as a mandate to record

Authorities it was built on

2004 Zahira Habibulla H Sheikh and Anr. v. State of Gujarat and Ors. cited by 36

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2024 P. Manikandan v. Central Bureau of Investigation and Ors. referred to
2021 Nasib Singh v. The State of Punjab & Anr. referred to
2015 Bablu Kumarand Ors. v. State of Bihair and Anr. referred to
2014 J.V. Baharuni & Anr. v. State of Gujarat & Anr. referred to
2013 Niranjan Hemchandra Sashittal and Another v. State of Maharashtra referred to
2012 Mohd. Hussain @ Julfikar Ali v. The State (govt. of Nct) Delhi referred to
2012 Sudevanand v. State through Cbi mentioned
2008 Johar and Others v. Mangal Prasad & Anr. mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 6 referred to · 2 mentioned

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