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Supreme Court of India

Jitendra Kumar Rode v. Union of India

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Reported as [2023] 4 S.C.R. 512
Bench Krishna Murari and Sanjay Karol JJ.
Decided 24 April 2023

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What the Court ordered

We hold that non-compliance with the mandate of the section, in certain cases contingent upon speci fic facts and circumstances of the case, would result in a violation of Article 21 of the Constitution of India, which we find it to be so in the instant case.

Judgment, page 17

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1974: s. 385 – Procedure for hearing appeals not dismissed summarily – Conviction and sent ence of the appellant-Assistant Commercial Manager, Northe rn Railway u/s. 7 of PC Act by the trial court – In appeal before the High Court though the record revealed that the entire record of the matte r before trial court has been lost and is not traceable and the documents sent as reconstructed documents do not constitute the relevant trial court record, the High Court upheld the conviction de spite going into the merits – Legality of – Held : Accused, in appe al, has a

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