1999 INSC 0209
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

State of A.P.

Vs.
K. Allabakash

                                      (K.T.Thomas and D.P.Mohapatra JJ.)

11.03.1999
ORDER

The Text below is only a summarized version of the order pronounced

The High Court was correct in acquitting the respondent who was convicted under section 302 IPC
for causing death of a prisoner, for want of evidence, as all material witnesses had turned hostile but
the acquittal did not mean exoneration of the respondent and departmental proceedings need to be
initiated.