Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1392 · Decided 27 November 1996
Phoolan Devi ETC. v. STATE. of M.P. and ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1392 · [1996] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 233
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 43/1993
- Decided
- 27 November 1996
- Bench
- J.S. VERMA, SUJATA V. MANOHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 268; Constitution Article 32, 21
Headnote
Constitution of India /95<>-""A1ticles 21 and 32:--Speedy Tiial-Writ Petition filed seeking direction for release and quashing the criminal trial-Ab­ sence of valid order for detention-Held, entitled to be released-Long con­ tinuance of prosecution/trial by itself not conditions for her past criminal activities. One of the conditions that, she was to undergo imprisonment for 8 years only. The State of Uttar Pradesh filed a number of cases against the petitioner for alleged offences of dacoity and murder. After 11 years of her surrender, D petitioner tiled
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