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Sharad Birdhi Chand Sarda v. State of Maharashtra

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Bench S. Murtaza Fazal Ali, A. Varadarajan and Sabyasachi Mukharji JJ.
Decided 17 July 1984

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the prorecution has failed to prove its case against appellant beyond reasonable doubt.

Judgment, page 88

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950, Article 136-Interference by the Supreme Court with the concurrent findings of fact of the courts below, normally not permissible-Special circumstance like errors of law, violation of well established principles of criminal jurisprudence etc. would be necessary for interference. Evidence-Circumstantial evidence, nature and proof of-conditions precedent for conviction-Evidence Act Section 3 (Act 1 of 1972).…

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 74 relied on · 57 referred to · 6 mentioned

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