Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 723 · Decided 12 November 2021
Ali Ahmad v. The State of Bihar & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 723 · [2021] 7 S.C.R. 565
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1374/2021
- Decided
- 12 November 2021
- Bench
- K.M. JOSEPH, PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 389, 389(1)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.389 - Suspension of sentence pending the appeal; release of accused on bail - Second respondent-accused was convicted by trial court under s.302 IPC and sentenced to life imprisonment - Pending appeal, High Court allowed application filed under Held: With the introduction of the first proviso to s.389, the law giver has stipulated a particular procedure to be followed in a matter of releasing a person who stands convicted of serious offences as are indicated thereunde - Every law is intended to be followed - In the impugned
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