Supreme Court of India

Mahendra Pratap Singh v. Sarju Singh & Anr.

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Bench M. Hidayatullah J.
Decided 20 October 1967

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In a revision filed by a private party, the High Court in its powers under s. 439, Code of Criminal Procedure directed the retrial of the appellant, who had been acquitted by the Sessions Judge. In doing so. the High Court, went into the evidence very minutely, questioned every finding of the Sessions Judge, gave its own interpretation of the evidence de novo. HELD: In setting aside an acquittal in a revision and ordering a retrial, there must exist a manifest illegality in the judgment of acquittal or a gross miscarriage of justice.

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