Supreme Court of India

Champaben Govindbhai v. Popatbhai Manilal and Others

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Bench D.K. Jain and Asok Kumar Ganguly JJ.
Decided 31 July 2009

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.378 - Appeal against acquittal - Acquittal by trial court - High Court affirmed order of acquittal holding that medical evidence did not disclose that injuries caused on deceased were sufficient in ordinary course of nature to cause death; witnesses were interested persons and not reliable and there was delay in lodging FIR - Appeal filed by complainant challenging the o acquittal - Held: Finding of High Court was contrary to medical record - Fact that witnesses were related cannot be a ground to discard their evidence - Records show that there was no delay…

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