In an S.B. Cr. Petition, the High Court at Jaipur set aside an acquittal under Sections 391, 397, and 398 IPC. The court held that the acquittal order and the concurrent judgment were unsustainable in reason and required a fresh trial.
Impugned order and judgment sustaining acquittal were set aside. Fresh trial was ordered.
This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR
S.B. Criminal Revision Petition No. 1154/2019
Ghasiram Sani S/o Late Shri Bajran Lal, Aged About 51 Years, R/o C-85 Greater Kailash Coony Lalkothi Scheme Jaipur Ps Jyoti Nagar Jaipur Raj.
----Petitioner
Versus
For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Anubha Singh For : Mr. Ganesh Saini, PP Respondent(s) Mr. Tanuj Gupta Mr. Anil Sharma
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UMA SHANKER VYAS
Order
22/03/2022
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(UMA SHANKER VYAS),J
Mittal /9
3 issues framed by the court
Whether the impugned acquittal in a Section 391 IPC case suffers from lack of proper appreciation of evidence or procedural lapse.
Whether the High Court is empowered to recall the acquittal order and set up a fresh trial on recorded grounds.
Whether the absence of reasons renders the acquittal order liable to be set aside.
Ghasiram Sani
State Of Rajasthan
Mr. Rohit Jain
Mohit Jain
Mahindra Jain
Shobhit Jain
Uma Shanker Vyas
As recorded by the court registry
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