Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 726 · Decided 28 April 2023
The State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr v. Vijayanagaram Chinna Reddappa
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 726 · [2023] 5 S.C.R. 485
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1313/2023
- Decided
- 28 April 2023
- Bench
- V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN, PANKAJ MITHAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 365; CrPC Section 426(2)(b), 427(2), 426, 427
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss.426(2)(b), 427(2) - Interplay between - Held: While s.426 covers the case of an escaped convict, clause (b) of sub-section (2) thereof creates a conundrum in respect of life convicts - But s.427, though does not deal convict, provides enough room for finding out how a sentence imposed on a subsequent conviction, in respect of a life convict, should be handled - Application of s.427(2) by the High Court to the case on hand is perfectly in order - Detenu to be set at liberty -
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