Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 165 · Decided 22 March 2001
Akhtaribi v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 165 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 626
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 320/2001
- Decided
- 22 March 2001
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Article 21. Speedy Trial-Right to-Bail-Grant of-Guidelines-Accused sentenced c to life imprisonment-Appeal unlikely to be heard in the near future-Bail application rejected by High Court-Held : Prolonged delay in trial and appeals confers a right on the accused to to constitute regular and special Benches for disposal of appeals-On facts, -t...: accused released on bail by keeping sentence in suspension. D The appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of her daughter-in-law. The appeal filed by the appellant was pending before the High
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