Surya Prakash vs State Of UP – Criminal Appeal- Murder Case

Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 372, 386- 40 Year Old Murder Case- Accused was sentenced to life imprisonment by Trial Court in 1986- His appeal filed in 1986 was dismissed by Allahabad HC in 2018-SC remanded the matter to HC and directed it to consider the appeal afresh- It is the duty of the appellate court to appreciate the evidence adduced in the case and to arrive at an independent conclusion as to whether the said evidence could be relied on or not and even if, it could be relied on, whether the prosecution’s case could be said to have been proved beyond reasonable doubt.

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