Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 518 · Decided 21 April 2025
Sachin v. The State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 518 · [2025] 4 S.C.R. 2497
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2073/2025
- Decided
- 21 April 2025
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC; Constitution Article 142; POCSO Act
Headnote
Whether it is a fit case to use the power under Article 142 to do complete justice. Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 - Whether the accused has undergone the imprisonment more than the period which he was originally subjected by the Trial Court: Held: of the High Court and consequently, of the Special Court to be erroneous and the same are liable to be set aside - In these circumstances, the impugned judgment is set aside - Consequently, the order of the Special Court (POCSO) convicting and sentencing the appellant herein to
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