Vinod @ Vinayak v. the State
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka criminal appeal; acquittal on benefit of doubt; no test identification parade conducted; informant/victim P.W.-4 failed to identify accused during trial; witness accompanying informant not examined; recovery-mahazar witnesses turned hostile; robbery of gold chain and mobile handset; Indian Penal Code; Additional District and Sessions Judge, Kalaburagi (Trial Court); conviction and sentence set aside; bail bonds cancelled; refund of fine; Trial Court records to be sent back.
What did the court decide?
Appeal allowed: the impugned judgment of conviction and order of sentence were set aside and the appellants/accused were acquitted; bail bonds of the accused and their sureties, if any, were directed to stand cancelled; any fine deposited was ordered to be refunded to the accused after the appeal period was over, on identification; and the Registry was directed to send back the Trial Court records with a copy of the judgment.