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PETITIONER: MUSHTAK HUSSEIN
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE STATE OF BOMBAY.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 30/03/1953
BENCH: MAHAJAN, MEHR CHAND BENCH: MAHAJAN, MEHR CHAND BOSE, VIVIAN JAGANNADHADAS, B.
CITATION: 1953 AIR 282 1953 SCR 809 CITATOR INFO : R 1955 SC 104 (32A,34) RF 1955 SC 287 (2) F 1960 SC 706 (14) R 1962 SC 605 (16) E 1963 SC1696 (10,11) RF 1968 SC 609 (10) RF 1970 SC 977 (5) RF 1970 SC1033 (3) R 1971 SC1606 (19) F 1973 SC 43 (10) RF 1973 SC 243 (4) R 1973 SC 278 (3) F 1973 SC1180 (3) RF 1973 SC1222 (10,11) R 1973 SC2187 (8) R 1973 SC2288 (6) F 1976 SC1151 (1) RF 1976 SC1992 (3) F 1983 SC1014 (2) R 1986 SC1070 (2)
ACT: Criminal trial-Charge to jury--Mis-direction--Powers of appellate Court--Power of appellate Court to go into the whole case to determine whether there has been failure of justice-Practice Appellate Court-Summary rejection of appeal-Duty to state reasons in arguable cases.
HEADNOTE: In his charge to the jury the Judge told them that the case before them was a jig saw puzzle with some missing links and directed them to use their ingenuity to piece them together by finding out the probabilities and seeing whether they could successfully solve th...