Circumstances Under Which An Appeal Would Be Entertained Against An Order Of Acquittal

Case: Rajesh Prasad vs State of Bihar

Coram: Justice L. Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna

Case no.: CrA 111­-113 OF 2015

Court Observation: The High Court was justified in reversing the judgment and order of conviction passed by the Fast­Track Court. The Fast Track Court has failed to appreciate the evidence of prosecution witnesses in their proper perspective and has further failed to recognise the fact that PW­7/the appellant herein did not at all support the case of the prosecution although he was the informant and hence, erroneously convicted the accused and sentenced two of them with death penalty and the third accused with imprisonment for life.

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Keywords

Order Of Acquittal, Appeal