Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 704 · Decided 16 December 2020
Sanjai Tiwari v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 704 · [2020] 9 S.C.R. 966
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 869/2020
- Decided
- 16 December 2020
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, M.R. SHAH, R. SUBHASH REDDY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 13(1); CrPC Section 482; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(2)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.482 - Application under - Filed by an advocate claiming to be social activist - Seeking direction to expedite and conclude a criminal case u/ss. 420, 467, 468, 471, 477A and 120B IPC and s. 13(1) r/w. s. 13(2) Act - High Court allowed the petition directing the Court concerned to expedite the proceedings - Appeal to Supreme Court by the accused - Held: High Court has power to direct the trial court to expedite the criminal trial - Criminal trial in respect of offences
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