JAIPAL vs THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND SECRETARY — Crl.A. No. 400/2018

Case under Section II-B. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010022932018

Filing Date

18-Jan-2018

Registration No

Crl.A. No. 400/2018

Diary Number

2293/2018

Order Date

29-Nov-2023

Document Type

ROP - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Appeals Allowed

Last Listed

29-Nov-2023

Last updated 10-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section II-B

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.JAIPAL

    Adv. SWETA RANI[P-1]

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF UTTARAKHAND SECRETARY

    Adv. JATINDER KUMAR BHATIA[R-1] FILZA MOONIS[R-2] FILZA MOONIS[R-3] FILZA MOONIS[R-4]

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 29-Nov-2023

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 29-Nov-2023

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.M. Sundresh and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Aravind Kumar

  4. 01-Nov-2023

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  5. 01-Nov-2023

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.M. Sundresh and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Aravind Kumar

  6. 28-Aug-2023

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  7. 28-Aug-2023

    Mention Memo

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Aniruddha Bose, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar and Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.V.N. Bhatti

  8. 11-Aug-2023

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  9. 28-Jul-2022

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  10. 28-Jul-2022

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Aniruddha Bose

  11. 06-May-2022

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  12. 06-May-2022

    Mention Memo

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Aniruddha Bose

  13. 15-Apr-2021

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan and Hon'ble Mr. Justice R. Subhash Reddy

  14. 13-Apr-2021

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan and Hon'ble Mr. Justice R. Subhash Reddy

  15. 05-Mar-2021

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  16. 05-Mar-2021

    Mention Memo

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan and Hon'ble Mr. Justice R. Subhash Reddy

  17. 13-Feb-2020

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  18. 13-Feb-2020

    Fixed Date by Court

    Registrar (J) - II

  19. 27-Nov-2019

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  20. 27-Nov-2019

    Ordinary

    Registrar (J) - II

  21. 18-Nov-2019

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  22. 18-Nov-2019

    Mention Memo

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan and Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.R. Shah

  23. 05-Aug-2019

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  24. 05-Aug-2019

    Mention Memo

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Navin Sinha

  25. 04-Jul-2019

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  26. 09-May-2019

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  27. 09-May-2019

    Ordinary

    Registrar (J) - II

  28. 31-Aug-2018

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  29. 31-Aug-2018

    After Week/Month/Vacation

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sikri and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan

  30. 13-Aug-2018

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  31. 13-Aug-2018

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sikri and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan

  32. 02-Jul-2018

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  33. 02-Jul-2018

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sikri and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan

  34. 02-Apr-2018

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  35. 02-Apr-2018

    Fresh

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sikri and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan

  36. 07-Mar-2018

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  37. 07-Mar-2018

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  38. 18-Jan-2018

    Case filed

    Registration No. Crl.A. No. 400/2018

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casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: Crl.A. No. 400/2018 – JAIPAL v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND Outcome: Supreme Court allowed the appeals and acquitted the appellants. The conviction for murder under IPC Section 302 read with Section 34 was set aside, and the trial court's original acquittal was restored. Key Reasoning: The High Court had reversed the trial court's acquittal based primarily on one injured witness (PW5), but the Supreme Court found this reversal improper. Critical flaws included: all main prosecution eyewitnesses turned hostile, recoveries were unproven, medical evidence contradicted the prosecution's case, and doubt existed over whether the victim was alive or dead when brought to hospital. The Court emphasized that acquittals enjoy double presumption and cannot be reversed without specific findings that the trial court's reasoning was perverse. Directions: Appellants to be released immediately if not required in any other case; pending applications disposed of (29 November 2023). This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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