Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1085 · Decided 24 September 2008
Man Singh & ANR. v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1085 · [2008] 13 S.C.R. 966
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1516/2008
- Decided
- 24 September 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act Section 8, 18(b)
Headnote
Practice and Procedure ""'7 Disposal of criminal appeal of c accused in absence of his counsel - Propriety of - Convic- tion unde1r NDPS Act, 1985 - Accused sentenced to 20 years RI - He filed appeal - On the date, matter was taken up by High Court, Advocate appointed through Legal Aid - High Court heard the matter D with assistance of a panel lawyer for the State and dismissed the appeal without engaging another counsel or appointing an Amicus Curiae - Held: Considering the seriousness of the offence, it would have been appropriate for the High Court to ask the Legal Aid
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