Supreme Court of India

Vinod Jaswantray Vyas (dead) through Lrs. v. The State of Gujarat

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Reported as [2024] 7 S.C.R. 365
Bench B.R. Gavai and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 9 July 2024

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the prosecution has failed to bring home the guilt of both the accused persons i.e.

Judgment, page 31

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration The instant appeal is directed against the judgment dated 13.02.2017 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court, whereby, the Division Bench partly accepted the appeal preferred by the appellant accused-A1 and altered his conviction as recorded by the trial Court for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Penal Code, 1860 to one under Section 304 Part I IPC. Headnotes† Penal Code, 1860 – Custodial torture – Death of victim – Acquittal of accused – Prosecution case that the two police officers i.e. A1 and A2, assaulted J in the confines of the Amraiwadi

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