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Sunder Singh And Others vs The State Of Punjab on 19 January, 1962

In Sunder Singh case (supra), four persons were tried for offence under Section 302/34, IPC. The Sessions Judge gave the benefit of doubt to Rachpal Singh and acquitted him, but convicted the other three of the offences charged. No appeal was preferred against the acquittal of Rachpal Singh. But the three convicted persons appealed to the High Court. The High Court held that Rachpal Singh was present at the scene of occurrence and all the four accused had the common intention alleged by the prosecution. The appellants in that case contended before the Supreme Court that the High Court had no jurisdiction or authority to embark upon an enquiry into the propriety or validity of the acquittal of Rachpal Singh and that its finding that Rachpal Singh had taken part in the offence as alleged by the prosecution had introduced serious infirmity in the judgment of the High Court. It was pointed out that when the High Court considered the criticism against the prosecution evidence based on the assumption that the said evidence was found to be unreliable in so far as Rachpal Singh is concerned, it was not appreciating that evidence with a view to reverse the order of acquittal passed in favour of Rachpal Singh; it was appreciating evidence only with a view to decide whether the said evidence should be believed against the appellants before it and observed thus-
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