Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 347 · Decided 25 November 1987
Ajit Kumar, ETC. v. Union of India and Others ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 347 · [1988] 2 S.C.R. 40
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 225/1987
- Decided
- 25 November 1987
- Bench
- B.C. RAY, K. JAGANNATHA SHETTY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 428; Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Plea for a set-off of pre-trial detention against the sentence of C imprisonment under section 428 of the Cr. P.C. The petitioners were convicted and sentenced by the General Court Martial under the Army Act, 1950 and lodged in Civil Jails. They sought a set-off of their pre-trial detention D They moved this Court for relief by writ petitions. Dismissing the petitions, the Court, HELD: The petitioners have been convicted and sentenced E under the Army Act. The Army Act is a special enactment containing elaborate procedure for the trial of the persons covered thereunder. In view of
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