Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 68 · Decided 23 January 2007
Navjot Singh Sidhu v. State of Punjab and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 68 · [2007] 1 S.C.R. 1143
- Case number
- Criminal Miscellaneous Petition No. 490/2007
- Decided
- 23 January 2007
- Bench
- G.P. MATHUR, R.V. RAVEENDRAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 302, 304, 323; CrPC Section 319, 389; Representation of the People Act Section 8
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Sections 319 and 389- Conviction of sitting Member of Parliament to 3 years regorous imprisonment-Person resigning and seeking re-election from same seat­ Conviction challenged-Person released on bail and execution of sentence suspended-Application filed suspend execution of sentence and to grant bail but also to suspend order of conviction-Person could have continued to remain as Member of Parliament by merely filing appeal or revision within 3 months from order of conviction till its decision-However, person setting high standards in public
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