Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 260 · Decided 28 April 2003
Arvind Yadav v. Ramesh Kumar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 260 · [2003] 3 S.C.R. 1005
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 641/2003
- Decided
- 28 April 2003
- Bench
- Y.K. SABHARWAL, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 304, 307, 325, 394, 498
Headnote
Madhya Pradesh Prisoners Release on Probation Act, 1954 and rules thereunder: A B Murder-Conviction by the trial court-Pending appeals in the High C Court, application for release on licence flied by the accused-probation Board passing an order not recommending release of convicts-Affirmed by the Bench of the High Court directing release of the convicts on the ground that Probation Board had not applied its mind and D acted arbitrarily-On appeal, Held: accused have no indefensible right to be released except for release on licence on the recommendations of the Probation Board and
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