Supreme Court of India

Sheetala Prasad and Ors. v. Sri Kant and Anr.

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Reported as [2009] 16 S.C.R. 686
Bench R.V. Raveendran and J.M. Panchal JJ.
Decided 17 December 2009

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated in the judgment, the appeal succeeds.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.401 - Revisional ... jurisdiction - Exercise of, by High Court at the instance of c private complainant - Scope - Held: Revisional jurisdiction, when invoked by a private complainant against an order of acquittal, cannot be exercised lightly and can be exercised only in exceptional cases where interest of public justice require interference for correction of manifest illegality or prevention of gross miscarriage of justice - In such cases, or cases of similar nature, retrial or rehearing of the appeal may be ordered - On facts, High Court exercised

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