ASHOKKUMAR C. JOSHI
STATE OF GUJARAT – Appellant
Versus
MAHESHBHAI BALABHAI PARMAR – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ASHOKKUMAR C. JOSHI, J.
1. Heard learned APP Ms. C.M. Shah for the appellant-State and learned advocate Mr. Mihir Pathak for the respondents at length.
2. The State has filed this acquittal appeal challenging the judgment and order dated 07.03.2012 passed by the learned Special Judge, 4th Additional Sessions Court, Nadiad in the Special (SC/ST) Case No. 27 of 2011 for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 504 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3(1)(10) of the Atrocity Act, 1989.
3. The brief facts of the case are that on 19.6.2011 at about 9:00 O’ Clock, while the accused-Maheshbhai Balabhai Parmar was going to Bayad in his rickshaw bearing Registration No. GJ-7-VV-1269, at that time, the complainant was coming from Bayad to Village-Zer in his Pick Up Car bearing Registration No. GJ-7-UU-1779 on the road of Village-Narshinhpur both had come to opposite each other. That, the complainant had asked the accused to back his rickshaw, accused got excited and started to give fist blows on chest of the complainant and rest of the accused by taking defence of the said accused had also come and also gave kick and fist blows by giving filthy abuses and insulting his cas
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The judgment emphasizes the need for compelling circumstances and the perversity of the lower court's decision to interfere with an order of acquittal, citing specific cases to support the legal prin....
The presumption of innocence in favor of the accused and the need for compelling circumstances to interfere with an order of acquittal.
The presumption of innocence, the reluctance to interfere with acquittal, and the need for compelling circumstances to justify interference with an order of acquittal.
It is well settled by catena of decisions that an appellate Court has full power to review, re-appreciate and consider the evidence upon which the order of acquittal is founded.
The appellate court should not disturb the finding of acquittal unless the lower court's approach is vitiated by manifest illegality and the decision is characterized as perverse. The judgment and or....
The presumption of innocence in favor of the accused is reinforced by the trial court's acquittal, and appellate courts should only interfere with an order of acquittal in exceptional cases with comp....
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