Supreme Court of India

State of Kerala v. Rasheed

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Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and Indu Malhotra JJ.
Decided 30 October 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid discussion, the present Criminal Appeal is allowed, and the impugned Order dated January 9, 2018 passed by the High Court of Kerala in Criminal Miscellaneous Case No. 171 of 2018 is set aside.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.231(2) – Application by accused seeking adjournment under – Prosecution alleged that accused persons had detained victim, tortured him and then killed him with criminal intention – Charges were framed by the trial Court and prosecution witnesses were summoned – After examination-in- chief of CW-1, an application was filed by the Respondent-accused no.2 seeking adjournment of the cross-examination of CW-1, and also of CWs 2 to 5, to a date after the examination-in-chief of CWs 2 to 5 was complete – Application was dismissed by the Trial Court with the…

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Of those, 2 referred to

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