Supreme Court · 1984 INSC 129 · Decided 25 July 1984
Harbans Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1984 INSC 129 · [1985] 1 S.C.R. 214
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1481/1984
- Decided
- 25 July 1984
- Bench
- D.A. DESAI, A. VARADARAJAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(2)
Headnote
B c D HARBANS SINGH v. ' STATE OF PUNJAB July 25, 1984 [D.A. DESAI AND A. VARADARAIAN, JJ.J The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947. 9 Section 5 (2). Court to record in writing 'special reasons' when awarding less than the minilnum sentence-High Court reducing sentenC'e irnposed by trial court to Court to give less than the minimnm for any 'special reasons' to be recorded in writing .. [109B] What constitute 'special reasons' for the purpose of Section 5 (2) was laid down in Meet Singh v. State of Pun/ab, [1980] 2 S.C.R 1152. [109B] In the instant case1 the High Court for
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