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ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT
B. K. SOMASEKHARA, M. RANGA REDDY, M. N. Rao, JJ
Public Prosecutor High Court of A. P. v. V. M. Ramaswamy and Others
| Table of Content |
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| 1. incident description and victim details. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. investigation procedures and findings. (Para 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. prosecution evidence and witnesses. (Para 7 , 8 , 9) |
| 4. court skepticism about prosecution case. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13) |
| 5. presumption of innocence in appeals. (Para 14 , 15) |
| 6. prosecution burden to establish guilt. (Para 16 , 17 , 18) |
| 7. final judgments and implications. (Para 19 , 66) |
1. Challenging the correctness of the judgment of the learned Special Sessions Judge, Chittoor in S.C. No. 4 of 1992 by which respondents 1 to 3 herein A - 1 to A - 3, were acquitted of the charge under S. 302 read with S. 34, IPC, read with S. 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Sched uled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, this appeal was preferred by the State represented by the public prosecutor.
2. The deceased, Erikala Sake Mareppa, belonged to a Scheduled Tribe. The incident occurred, according to the prosecution, on 30-9-1990 at Kammarandlapalli village of Anantapur district. At 4-00 p.m. on that day the deceased and P.W. 1, Gangulappa, who claims to be his son by courtesy, went to an arrack shop in the village where they were joined by P.W. 3, Ramac
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