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Issues: Whether a total stranger to a criminal prosecution has locus standi under Article 32 of the Constitution of India to challenge the conviction and sentence imposed on the accused.
Analysis: Article 32 is a guaranteed remedy for enforcement of a person's own fundamental rights. A stranger to the criminal case, who does not assert violation of his own rights and has not been authorised by the convicts, cannot invoke that jurisdiction to question a concluded conviction and sentence. The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Supreme Court Rules recognise representation of an accused by counsel and, in appropriate cases, by legally recognised proxies such as a next friend for disabled persons, but not by an unrelated third party. Permitting such challenges would unsettle final criminal adjudications and allow strangers to litigate on behalf of persons who may choose not to do so.
Conclusion: A third party stranger has no locus standi to maintain a petition under Article 32 challenging the conviction and sentence of the accused.
Final Conclusion: The petition was not maintainable and was summarily rejected.
Ratio Decidendi: Under Article 32, a person may seek relief only for infringement of his own fundamental rights, and a stranger to a criminal prosecution cannot challenge a final conviction and sentence unless lawfully authorised or acting for a legally recognised disabled aggrieved party.
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