Supreme Court of India
Joseph Stephen and Others v. Santhanasamy and Others
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, t he impugned common judgment and order passed by the High Court reversing the acquittal and convicting the accused is hereby quashed and set aside.
Judgment, page 16
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.401 – Whether i n exercise of revisional jurisdiction under s.401, Hi gh Court can convert a finding of acquittal into one of conviction and wha t is the procedure to be followed by the High Court – Held: sub-sectio n (3) of s.401 prohibits/bars the High Court to convert a finding of acquittal into one of conviction – Though the High Court has revisional power to examine whether there is manifest error of law or procedure etc., however, after giving its own fi ndings, on the findings recorded by the court acquitting the accus ed and after setting aside the
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