High Court while hearing appeal against conviction as first appellate court should re-appreciate entire evidence in detail: Supreme Court

“The High Court ought to have appreciated that it was dealing with the offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, which offences are against the Society,” the Court said.
Justices R Subhash Reddy, Ashok Bhushan and MR Shah
Justices R Subhash Reddy, Ashok Bhushan and MR Shah
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A High Court while hearing an appeal against conviction in exercise of its powers as a first appellate court, has to re­-appreciate and re-examine the entire evidence on record in detail and also examine the reasoning given by the trial Court while convicting the accused, the Supreme Court held (State of Gujarat v. Bhalchandra Laxmishankar Dave).

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