Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 514 · Decided 16 August 2010
Harjinder Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 514 · [2010] 10 S.C.R. 326
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1536/2010
- Decided
- 16 August 2010
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; NDPS Act
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: C ss. 385 and 386 - Procedure for hearing appeals and power of appellate court - Appeal against conviction - Appellant in jail - Counsel engaged absented himself on the date of hearing - None heard on behalf of appellant - High Court affirmed the conviction and of Rs. 1 lakh - HELD: In view of the legal position with regard to disposal of the appeals with reference to ss. 385- 386 and taking note of the special circumstances that the appellant was behind the bar and had no opporlunity to make alternative arrangement, the impugned judgment set aside E and
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