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Jafarudheen & Ors. v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2022] 5 S.C.R. 721
Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M. M. Sundresh JJ.
Decided 22 April 2022

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.378: Appeal aga inst acquittal – Scope of – Appellate Court has to consi der whether trial court’s view can be termed as a possible one, part icularly when evidence on record has been analyzed – An order of acquittal adds up to the presumption of innocence in favour of the accused – Double presumption that enures in favour of the accused has to be disturbed only by thorough scrutiny on the accepted legal parameters – Thus, appellate court has to be relati vely slow in reversing the order of trial court rendering acquittal. Criminal Law: FIR: Delay in

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