Supreme Court of India · 2007-08-10
State Of U.P vs Govind Das @ Gudda And Anr
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2007 SC (SUPP) 736
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- State Of U.P
- Respondent
- Govind Das @ Gudda And Anr
- Author
- Arijit Pasayat
- Bench
- Arijit Pasayat, D.K. Jain
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court set aside the Allahabad High Court's acquittal of the respondents in Criminal Appeal Nos. 1049-1050 of 2007, which had overturned a conviction under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC. The Court found that the High Court failed to adequately analyze the evidence and did not provide sufficient reasoning for discarding the trial court's findings. The matter was remitted back to the High Court for a thorough examination of the evidence and proper adjudication of the case.