Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 970 · Decided 30 October 2023
Purushothaman v. State of Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 970 · [2023] 14 S.C.R. 181
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3341/2023
- Decided
- 30 October 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, PANKAJ MITHAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 389; POCSO Act Section 6
Headnote
HEADNOTES Issue for consideration: When the sentence of accused is suspended on appeal and he is released on bail, whether the High Court can cancel the bail without giving a reasonable opportunity, to the accused of being heard. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 389 - Suspension the appeal; release of appellant on bail - Appeal against conviction by the accused admitted by the High Court - Substantive sentence of the accused suspended and he was enlarged on bail - When appeal called for hearing, the High Court cancelled the bail of the accused, without giving
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