Supreme Court of India

Geeta Devi v. State of U.P. & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 1 S.C.R. 428
Bench M. R. Shah and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 18 January 2022

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.378 – Appellate Power of High Court in case of acquittal – In the instant case, t rial court convicted respondents for the offences punishable u nder ss.452, 323/34 and 325/34 of the IPC, however, acquitted th em for the offences punishable under ss.354, 504, 506 of the IP , ss.3(1)(x) and 3(1)(xi) of the Scheduled Castes and the Schedu led Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 – High Court dismis sed victim’s appeal without elaborate reappreciation of the enti re evidence on record – On appeal, held: High Court only made gene ral observations on the

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