Supreme Court of India · 2009-04-23
STATE OF M.P. vs MUNSHI SINGH .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2003/17122
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- STATE OF M.P.
- Respondent
- MUNSHI SINGH .
- Author
- ARIJIT PASAYAT
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court upheld the acquittal of the accused in a murder case, emphasizing that the High Court's power to re-appreciate evidence in appeals against acquittal is comprehensive. The Court reiterated that if two plausible views exist regarding the evidence, the acquittal should stand. The trial court's findings were deemed not perverse or legally erroneous, thus affirming the High Court's dismissal of the State's appeal against the acquittal under Section 302 IPC.