Supreme Court of India
Upendra Pradhan v. State of Orissa
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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
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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
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Where later benches applied it
- 2019 G H Girish Singh v. The State of Uttarakhand
- 2016 Yogesh Singh v. Mahabeer Singh & Ors.
- 2023 Narayan Chetanram Chaudhary v. The State of Maharashtra
- 2020 Pawan Kumar Gupta v. State of Nct of Delhi
Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to
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