Supreme Court of India

Bhagwan Rama Shinde Gosai and Ors. v. State of Gujarat

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Reported as [1999] 3 S.C.R. 545
Bench K.T. Thomas and M.B. Shah JJ.
Decided 12 May 1999

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the sentence passed on appellants can be suspended on some stringent conditions.

Judgment, page 2

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : Section 389 Sentence-Suspension during pendency of appeal-Principles for- Expeditious disposal of appeal-Appellants convicted under Section 392 read with Section 397 /.P. .-Appeal-Suspension of sentence not allowed by High Court-Appellant's motion for having their appeal expedited also declined by High Court-Appeal before Supreme Court-Held,-When the appellate court finds that due to practical reasons appeals cannot be disposed of expeditiously it must bestow special concern in the matter of suspending the sentence-In this case the High Court was not

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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