Supreme Court of India
Md. Ankoos & Ors. v. The Public Prosecutor, H!gh Court of A.P.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid legal position, the appellants having been acquitted under Section 148 IPC by the Trial Court B as well as the High Court, they could not have been legally convicted by the High Court under Section 302 read with Section 149 IPC.
Judgment, page 27
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 3021149 - Conviction under - , Apcused suspecting that deceased practiced sorcery - " c Murder of five and injuries to two - 77 accused charged u/ss. 148, 448, 307, 302, 120- rw s. 109 - Acquittal by trial court - High Court convicting 19 persons u/s. 3021149 - Interference with - Held: Evidence of eye-witness.es full of embellishments and improvements - High Court erred in placing reliance on the case diary as a piece of evidence - Accused having been acquitted u/s. 148 by courts below, they could not have been legally convicted by High Court u/s. 3021 ..,.. 149 -
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Where later benches applied it
- 2014 Pal Singh & Anr. v. State of Punjab
- 2012 Dahari & Ors. v. State of U.P.
- 2010 Dharnidhar v. State of U.P.
Of those, 3 relied on
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