Supreme Court of India

Jeetu @ Jitendera & Ors. v. State of Chhattisgarh

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Reported as [2012] 13 S.C.R. 161
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra JJ.
Decided 4 December 2012

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Appeal - Appeal against conviction - Conviction by trial court under the provisions of /PC - In appeal, counsel for the convicts not challenging their conviction, but only seeking lenient sentence - High Court maintained the conviction and reduced the sentence - On appeal, held: It is obligation of the Court to decide the appeal on merits and not accept the concession and proceed to deal with the sentence - Such plea bargaining is impermif;sible in law and defeats the fundamental purpose of the justice delivery system - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Chapter XX/ - ss. 265A and 265L (as

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