Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 678 · Decided 1 June 2007
Sukhdev Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 678 · [2007] 7 S.C.R. 914
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1049/2005
- Decided
- 1 June 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, D.K. JAIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; NDPS Act Section 18
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 C Appeal against conviction-Disposed of by High Court ex-parte against accused-Held: In the event of non-appearance of counsel for accused, the High Court should not have taken up the matter ex-parte. Matter remitted to High Court for fresh consideration on merits. sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years by the trial court, filed the instant appeal against the order of the High Court disposing of his appeal ex-parte. E F It was contended for the appellant that the lawyer who was appearing for him in the High Court had withdrawn from the case without any
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