Supreme Court of India

H. D. Sundara & Ors. v. State of Karnataka

Neutral citation
Reported as [2023] 14 S.C.R. 47
Bench Abhay S. Oka and Sanjay Karol JJ.
Decided 26 September 2023

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2 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

For the reasons recorded, the Trial Court was unable to accept their testimony.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Issue for consideration: The question which arose for consideration was whether the High Court was justifi ed in setting aside t he order of acquittal passed by the trial court. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s. 378 – Appeal against acquittal – Matter pertaining to dispute over property between accused and the family of complainant – Accused assaulted the complainant and his family – Acquittal of all the accused by the trial court, however conviction for the off ences punishable u/s. 304 Part I and s. 324/149 IPC by the High Court – Correctness: Held: No fi ndings recorded by the High Court

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on

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