The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that the discretionary power under Section 391 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to admit additional evidence at the appellate stage is limited to exceptional cases where a party was unable to present such evidence at trial despite exercising due diligence. Justice M. Nagaprasanna made the observation while dismissing
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