Supreme Court of India

Koshy Jacob v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 11 S.C.R. 235
Bench Adarsh Kumar Goel and Uday Umesh Lalit JJ.
Decided 28 November 2017

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that in situations where prosecution succeeds in proving that public property has been damaged in direct actions in which the accused also participated. the court should be given the power to draw a presumption that the accused is guilty of destroying public property and that it is open to the accused to rebut such presumption.

Judgment, page 5

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