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Renuka Prasad v. The State Represented by Assistant Superintendent of Police

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Reported as [2025] 7 S.C.R. 160
Bench Sudhanshu Dhulia and K. Vinod Chandran JJ.
Decided 8 May 2025

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Issue for Consideration Whether the High Court erred in reversing the acquittal and convicting the accused persons based on the testimony of the IOs which was founded only on s.161, CrPC statements of the witnesses; whether present was a case of two probable views, in which case the one favourable to the accused ought to be taken. Headnotes† Appeal against acquittal – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.161 – Penal Code, 1860 – s.302 r/w s.120B – Murder – 71 out of the total 87 witnesses including eye-witnesses turned hostile – Trial Court acquitted the accused persons – High Court reversed

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