Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 335 · Decided 2 August 2001
K.C. Sareen v. C.B.I., Chandigarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 335 · [2001] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 224
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 770/2001
- Decided
- 2 August 2001
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, S.N. VARIAVA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 120, 201, 420; CrPC Section 389, 401, 389(1); Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(2), 120, 201an
Headnote
v. C.B.I., CHANDIGARH AUGUST 2, 2001 B [K.T. THOMAS AND S.N. VARIAVA, JJ.) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Sections 389 and 401. Sentence-Power of Court to suspend-Power of court to suspend C conviction-Held not alien to Section 389(1)-But should be exercised in exceptional cases-Mere Act, 1988: Section 13(2) Corruption-Conviction of public servant-Appeal-Appellate court should not suspend conviction even if sentence is suspended-Corruption amongst public servants-Deprecation of-Need for control of corruption emphasised. E The appellant, an officer of the Punjab National
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