Supreme Court of India

Thakore Umedsing Nathusing v. State of Gujarat

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Reported as [2024] 2 S.C.R. 1178
Bench B.R. Gavai and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 22 February 2024

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Issue for Consideration Scope of interference by High Court in an appeal challenging acquittal of the accused by the trial Court; standard of proof required to bring home charges in a case based purely on circumstantial evidence. Headnotes Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.378(1)(b) – Appeal in case of acquittal – Interference by High Court – Scope – Prosecution’s case that the accused persons took the jeep of the victim-deceased on hire and thereafter they murdered the victim and looted the jeep – Appellants-accused were convicted and sentenced for offence punishable u/s.392, IPC however,

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