Supreme Court of India

Biswajit Das v. Central Bureau of Investigation

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Reported as [2025] 2 S.C.R. 110

Bench Dipankar Datta and Manmohan JJ.

Decided 15 January 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that interest of justice would be sufficiently served if the sentence is altered to the period of imprisonment already undergone.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Conviction for offences under section 468 r/w section 120( ), section 271 and section 465 r/w 120( ) and section 420 r/w section 120( ) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (“IPC”) as well as section 13(1)(d) read with section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (“PC Act”). He was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for a year for offences under ss.271 and 465 r/w section 120( ) and two years rigorous imprisonment for all other IPC offences. For offences under PC Act, he was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment of 3 years. The appeal against the conviction was

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