Supreme Court of India · 2002-08-13
Bindeshwari Prasad Singh @ B.P. Singh ... vs State Of Bihar (Now Jharkhand)
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2002 SUPREME COURT 2907
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Bindeshwari Prasad Singh @ B.P. Singh ...
- Respondent
- State Of Bihar (Now Jharkhand)
- Author
- Bisheshwar Prasad Singh
- Bench
- M.B. Shah, Bisheshwar Prasad Singh
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the appeal against the acquittal of the appellants under Sections 302 and 302/114 IPC, where the Sessions Judge had found insufficient evidence to convict. The High Court's revision under Section 401 CrPC set aside the acquittal, ordering a retrial based on the assertion that the prosecution's evidence, including eyewitness testimonies and medical corroboration, warranted a different conclusion. The Court held that the evidence presented by the prosecution should be thoroughly re-evaluated in the retrial process.