{"id":247181,"date":"1948-12-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1948-12-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/in-re-andi-thevan-vs-unknown-on-7-december-1948"},"modified":"2017-07-16T02:50:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T21:20:36","slug":"in-re-andi-thevan-vs-unknown-on-7-december-1948","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/in-re-andi-thevan-vs-unknown-on-7-december-1948","title":{"rendered":"In Re: Andi Thevan vs Unknown on 7 December, 1948"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">In Re: Andi Thevan vs Unknown on 7 December, 1948<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: AIR 1949 Mad 650<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: S Rao<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>Subba Rao, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. This is a reference under Section 307, Criminal P.C. by the Assistant Seasiona Judge, Madura. The four accused in the case were charged with an offence under Section 395, Penal Code. The jury by a majority of four to one found that accused 1 to 3 were not guilty, and unanimously found that the fourth accused was not guilty. The learned Assistant Seaaiona Judge agreed with the verdict of the jury so far as accused 2 to 4 were concerned, but in regard to accused No. 1 he differed from the verdict of the jury and referred this case to the High Court. The evidence against the first accused mainly consists of the oral evidence of P.Ws. 3 to 5. The same evidence also was relied upon by the prosecution in regard to accused 2 to 4. The charge to the jury was very fair: and, in accordance with the directions given by the Judge, the jury appreciated the evidence and refused to believe the witnesses called by the prosecution. The law on the point is well settled. The High Court, in a reference made under Section 307, Criminal P.C, can interfere with the verdict of the jury only if the verdict is such that no reasonable man would come to that conclusion, or, to put it in other words, the verdict is perverse. We cannot say on the evidence on record that the verdict in this case is such that no reasonable man would come to a conclusion which the jury has come to in this case. We, therefore, reject the reference and cquit accused No. 1 also.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court In Re: Andi Thevan vs Unknown on 7 December, 1948 Equivalent citations: AIR 1949 Mad 650 Author: S Rao JUDGMENT Subba Rao, J. 1. This is a reference under Section 307, Criminal P.C. by the Assistant Seasiona Judge, Madura. 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