State of Madhya Pradesh vs Ramveer Singh 2025 INSC 952 - CrPC - Appeal Against Acquittal - Scope
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Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 378,386 - An appeal against acquittal unless the finding of acquittal is perverse on the face of the record and the only possible view based on the evidence is consistent with the guilt of the accused only in such an event, should the 14 appellate Court interfere with a judgment of acquittal. Where two views are possible i.e., one consistent with the acquittal and the other holding the accused guilty, the appellate Court should refuse to interfere with the judgment of acquittal. (Para 21)
Case Info
Case Name and Neutral Citation
- Case Name: State of Madhya Pradesh v. Ramveer Singh
- Neutral Citation: 2025 INSC 952
Coram (Judges)
- Justice Aravind Kumar
- Justice Sandeep Mehta
Judgment Date
- July 30, 2025
Caselaws and Citations
The judgment refers to the following Supreme Court cases:
- Babu Sahebagouda Rudragoudar & Ors. v. State of Karnataka
- Citation: (2024) 8 SCC 149
- H.D. Sundara & Ors. v. State of Karnataka
- Citation: (2023) 9 SCC 581
- Rajesh Prasad v. State of Bihar and Anr.
- Citation: (2022) 3 SCC 471
Statutes/Laws Referred
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
- Section 449: House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with death
- Section 302: Punishment for murder
- Section 307: Attempt to murder
- Section 450: House-trespass in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment for life
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC)
- Section 374(2): Appeals from convictions
- Section 313: Power to examine the accused
- Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
- Section 3(2)(v): Punishment for certain offences
