Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Victim’s Statutory Right to Appeal Acquittal Recognised Under Section 372 CrPC | Revision Treated as Appeal : SC
Supreme Court affirmed that a victim can invoke the proviso to Section 372 CrPC to appeal an acquittal, treating a criminal revision as an appeal. The Court upheld the trial court’s acquittal on grounds of insufficient evidence, clarifying victims’ procedural standing in murder and other IPC cases.