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Shivaji Sahebrao Bobade & Anr v. State of Maharashtra

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Bench P. Jaganmohan Reddy, H. R. Khanna and V.R. Krishna Iyer JJ.
Decided 27 August 1973

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What the Court ordered

We confirm the conviction and sentence and dismiss the appeal.

Judgment, p. 503

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure (Act 5 of 1898)-Section 417-Appeal against acquittal-Power of the High Court to interfere-Norms for the exercise of the power. The dangers of exaggerated devotion to the rule of benefit of doubt at the expense of social defence and to the soothing sentiment that all acquittals are always good regardless of justice to the victim and the community, demand special emphasis in the contemporary context of escalating crime and escape.…

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 17 relied on · 19 referred to · 139 mentioned

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