Supreme Court of India

Upendra Pradhan v. State of Orissa

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Reported as [2015] 5 S.C.R. 214
Bench Pinaki Chandra Ghose and R.K. Agrawal JJ.
Decided 28 April 2015

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court was wrong in interfering with the order of acquittal of Upendra Pradhan passed by the Additional Sessions Judge. o.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s. 302134 - Murder - Three persons convicted by trial court while accused-appellant given benefit of doubt - High Court held that accusation against appellant was proved beyond reasonable doubt - o Appeal against conviction -Appellant took plea of juvenility and presence of view favouring him - Held: The judgment passed by trial court was not manifestly illegal, perverse and did not cause miscarriage of justice- Trial court was rightly in giving him benefit of doubt- Further, as per school records, t/10 appellant was less than 18 years at the time of incident­ Plea of

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to

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