Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 31 · Decided 13 January 2023
Jaswant Singh & Ors v. The State of Chhattisgarh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 31 · [2023] 1 S.C.R. 595
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 323/2022
- Decided
- 13 January 2023
- Bench
- DINESH MAHESHWARI, BELA M. TRIVEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3(2)(5); CrPC Section 432(2); Constitution Article 32; Prevention of Corruption Act
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure 1973: s. 432(2) - Grant of Remission - Requirement of s. 432(2) - Held: Presiding Judge must give adequate reasons while giving an opinion u/s. 432(2) - On facts, three convicts, out of a total of eight, submitted their respective applications for same was refused- Held:The said orders should have contained adequate reasons after taking into consideration the relevant factors that govern the grant of remission as laid down in Laxman Naskar's case applications for remission - Issuance of direction to the Special Judge to
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