Supreme Court of India

Ajay Kumar Ghoshal Etc. v. State of Blhar & Anr.

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Reported as [2017] 1 S.C.R. 469
Bench Dipak Misra and R. Banumathi JJ.
Decided 31 January 2017

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

In the result, the impugned judgment of the High Court is set aside and these appeals are allowed.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 197 3 - s. 386 - Powers of the appellate court - High Court ordering re-trial of the dowry death case - Appeal thereagainst by accused persons - Held: Powers conferred by s. 386 is to be exercised only in exceptional cases, where the appellate court.is satisfied that the omission or irregularity has occasioned in failure of justice - Circumstances warranting retr.ial must be such where the trial l)!as. undertaken by the court ·having no jurisdiction, or trial was vitiated by serious illegality or irregularity on account of the misconception of nal'llre of

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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