Supreme Court of India

Sidhartha Vashisht @ Manu Sharma v. State (nct of Delhi)

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Reported as [2010] 4 S.C.R. 103

Bench P. Sathasivam and Swatanter Kumar JJ.

Decided 19 April 2010

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What the Court ordered

Summary of our Conclusion: (1) The appellate Court has all the necessary powers to re-evaluate the evidence let in before the trial F Court as well as the conclusions reached It has a duty to specify the compelling and substantial reasons in case it reverses the order of acquittal passed by the trial Court.

Judgment, page 194

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860/Arms Act, 1950: Sections 302, 20111208/Section 27 - Murder - Trial c against nine accused - Acquittal by trial court - Conviction by High Court against three accused - -1 sentenced to life for murder and fine of Rs. 50, 0001-, 4 years of sentence under the Arms Act with default stipulation - -2 and -3 sentenced to four years imprisonment and fine of Rs,20001- each with· 0 default stipulation - On appeal, Held: Prosecution has established its case peyond doubt - Appellate court has all the necessary powers to evaluate the evidence Jet in before the trial court and the

Authorities it was built on

1973 Shivaji Sahebrao Bobade & Anr v. State of Maharashtra cited by 159
1986 State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. v. Nandlal Jaiswal & Ors. cited by 63
1963 The State of Uttar Pradesh v. Bhagwant Kishore Joshi cited by 20
1970 Budhsen v. State of U.P. cited by 17
1953 Habeeb Mohammad v. The Slate of Hyderabad. cited by 16
1995 Shamshul Kanwar v. State of U.P. cited by 11
1994 Ramsinh Bavaji Jadeja v. State of Gujarat cited by 7
1988 Kashmeri Devi v. Delhi Administration & Anr. cited by 3
1967 Alok Kumar Roy v. Dr. S. N. Sarma and Anr. cited by 2
1993 Varkey Joseph v. State of Kerala, Represented by the Circle Inspector of Police Puthencruzm, Kerala cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2025 Chunni Bai v. State of Chhattisgarh relied on
2025 Sovaran Singh Prajapati v. The State of Uttar Pradesh relied on
2023 Sanjay Dubey v. The State of Madhya Pradesh and Another relied on
2019 G H P. Gopalkrishnan @ Dileep v. State of Kerala and Anr. relied on
2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. relied on
2017 Ganesh Shamrao Andekar & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2016 Vikas Yadav v. State of U.P. and Ors. Etc. Etc. relied on
2016 State of Haryana v. Ram Mehar & Others Etc. Etc. relied on
2016 State of Hlmachal Pradesh v. Rajiv Jassi relied on
2014 Vasant Sampat Dupare v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2014 Chandra Prakash v. State of Rajasthan relied on
2013 Sister Mina Lalita Baruwa v. State of Orissa and Others relied on
2013 Harivadan Babubhai Patel v. State of Gujarat relied on
2012 Lahu Kamlakar Patil and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra relied on
2012 Yanab Sheikh@ Gagu v. State of West Bengal relied on
2012 Surajit Sarkar v. State of West Bengal relied on
2012 V.K. Sasikala v. State Rep. by Superintendent of Police relied on
2012 Bhajju @ Karan Singh v. State of M.P. relied on
2012 Rattiram & Ors. v. State of M. P. through Inspector of Police relied on
2011 Mrinal Das & Ors. v. The State of Tripura relied on
2011 Bhagwan Dass v. State(nct) of Delhi relied on
2011 Inspector of Police, Tamil Nadu v. John David relied on
2024 Arvind Kejriwal v. Central Bureau of Investigation referred to
2024 Darshan Singh v. State of Punjab referred to
2023 State of Punjab and Anr. v. M/s. Shikha Trading Co. referred to
2023 Mukesh Singh v. The State (nct of Delhi) referred to
2023 Jitendra Kumar Rode v. Union of India referred to
2022 P. Ponnusamy v. The State of Tamil Nadu referred to
2022 Varsha Garg v. The State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2022 Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2022 Waheed-ur-rehman Parra v. Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir referred to
2020 Mukesh Singh v. State (narcotic Branch of Delhi) referred to
2019 V. Rajaram v. State Represented by the Inspector of Police Cbi/scb referred to
2017 Asha Ranjan v. State of Bihar & Ors. referred to
2016 Harbeer Singh v. Sheeshpal & Ors. referred to
2016 Pooja Pal v. Union of India and Ors. referred to
2016 Prem Sagar Manocha v. State (nct of Delhi) referred to
2015 Bablu Kumarand Ors. v. State of Bihair and Anr. referred to
2013 Rumi Bora Dutta v. State of Assam referred to
2013 Deepak Aggarwal v. Keshav Kaushik and Others referred to
2012 Vinay Tyagi v. Irshad Ali @ Deepak & Ors. referred to
2012 Munna Kumar Upadhyaya @ Munna Upadhyaya v. The State of Andhra Pradesh through Public Prosecutor, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh referred to
2012 Subhash Krishnan v. State of Goa mentioned

Of those, 22 relied on · 20 referred to · 1 mentioned

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