Supreme Court of India · 2002-09-12
BHAROSI vs STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH
- Citation / case number
- SC 2000/18773
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- BHAROSI
- Respondent
- STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU & SHIVARAJ V. PATIL.
Judgment text excerpt
The appellants were charged under Sections 147, 148, and 302 of the IPC following a fatal assault stemming from a boundary wall dispute. While the trial court acquitted the appellants due to discrepancies in eye-witness testimony and doubts regarding identification in the dark, the High Court reversed this decision. The legal issue concerns the validity of the High Court's reversal of an acquittal based on the reliability of witness evidence.