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Supreme Court judgments on Section 386, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

5 judgments, latest first, from 2018 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under Section 386 of this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

Sachin vs State of Maharashtra
SC · 21 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 2500 : 2025 INSC 716
Issue arose whether, the High Court could enhance the sentence under its revisional powers in a convict’s appeal against conviction.
P. Manikandan vs Central Bureau of Investigation and Ors.
SC · 19 December 2024
[2024] 12 S.C.R. 1553 : 2024 INSC 1007
Whether the High Court was justified in directing re-investigation and retrial of the same offence on the same set of facts, after acquitting the accused by giving him the benefit of doubt; Whether, in the attending fact…
Nasib Singh vs The State of Punjab & Anr.
SC · 8 October 2021
[2021] 13 S.C.R. 566 : 2021 INSC 642
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: ss. 386, 223 – Power of appellate court to direct retrial – Scope of – Held: Appellate Court may direct a retrial only in ‘exceptional’ circumstances to avert a miscarriage of justice –…
Rohtas & Anr. vs State of Haryana
SC · 10 December 2020
[2020] 11 S.C.R. 983 : 2020 INSC 694
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss.211-224, 386 – Alteration of charges – Permissibility of – Seven accused persons (one of whom died during trial) attacked victim-complainant – Six accused persons (including the thre…
Issac @ Kishor vs Ronald Cheriyan and Ors.
SC · 23 January 2018
[2018] 1 S.C.R. 217 : 2018 INSC 48
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – s.386(a) – Powers of Appellate Court – Robbery – Murder of widow – Appellant-accused no.1, who was living with deceased for helping her in agricultural work, was arrested – Appellant ga…

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