STATE OF U.P. vs MANAGER . — Crl.A. No. 231/2000

Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed the State of U.P.'s criminal appeal against the High Court's acquittal order dated 11.8.1999. The High Court had acquitted all accused by granting them the benefit of the right of private defence. After hearing counsel and reviewing the record, the Supreme Court (Justices A.K. Mathur and Tarun Chatterjee) found the High Court's approach regarding private defence was correct and saw no grounds to interfere, thereby dismissing the appeal on 26.09.2006. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.