Supreme Court of India
Vakil Prasad Singh v. State of Bihar
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CONSTITUTION OF IND/ , 1950: Article 21 - Right to speedy trial - HELD: Is an c inalienable rig(lt applicable not only to actual proceedings in court but also includes within its sweep the preceding police investigations as well - In the instant case, prosecution has failed to show any exceptional circumstance for condoning a ' ~' callous and inordinate delay of more than 20 years in investigation and the trial - In the circumstances, continuance of criminal proceedings against appellant is unwarranted - Proceedings quashed - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.482 - Penal Code, 1860 - ss.
Where later benches applied it
- 2021 Krishna Lal Chawla & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Anr.
- 2013 Mohan Lal & Anr v. State of Punjab
- 2012 Ranjan Dwivedi v. C.B.I., through the Director General
- 2015 Sirajul & Ors. v. The State of U.P. &anr.
- 2013 Lokesh Kumar Jain v. State of Rajasthan
Of those, 3 relied on · 2 referred to
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