Supreme Court · 1976 INSC 180 · Decided 17 August 1976
Santa Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1976 INSC 180 · [1977] 1 S.C.R. 229
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 230/1976
- Decided
- 17 August 1976
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 235(2)
Headnote
229 Code of Criminal Procedure (Act 2 of 1974), ss. 235 and 465-Scope of The appellant was· convicted by the Sessions. Court under s. 302, IPC, and ~entenced to death. On the date of the judgment his advocate was not present. The trial court. did not give. the .. accused an opportunity to not insist on bis right to be heard. The conviction and sentence were confirmed by the High Court. Even ih the High C-0urt the accused did not complain that the trial court had committed a breach of s. 235(2). On the question whether the sentence is vit:.ated because of the violation of s.
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