Nallabothu Ramulu @ Seetharamaiah & Ors. vs. State of Andhra Pradesh (SC)

Penal Code, 1860–Sec. 302/149–Acquittal–Reversed by High Court–Justification–50 accused–Some of them hurled bombs at the witnesses–At tack must have resulted in smoke and dust rising in the air–Not possible for witnesses to identify the assailants out of fifty persons–Some accused were not known to the witnesses–Testimonies of witnesses were found full with discrepancies–No identification parade was hold–Trial Court meticulously located the discrepancies and opined that the witnesses have discarded themselves–Held, High Court was not justified in reversing the findings of acquittal.