Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 822 · Decided 14 July 2008
State of Punjab v. Navraj Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 822 · [2008] 10 S.C.R. 924
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1075/2008
- Decided
- 14 July 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 389, 482, 389(1); Prevention of Corruption Act Section 7, 13, 13(2)
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 389 - Power under, for suspension of conviction and c sentence for offence under Prevention of Corruption Act - Ex- ercise - Scope of- Held: Exercise of powf:Jr under s. 389 should be limited to exceptional cases - Merely because the appeal .... by co(lvicted not suspend the order of conviction - Court has duty to look at all aspects D including ramifications of keeping such conviction in abey- r ance and record reasons for ordering suspension - On facts, since High Court while directing suspension of conviction did not record reasons in impugned
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