Surrender before sentence can be examined: HC directs accused to appear and leaves revision pending compliance

The HC directed the accused to surrender before the trial court within one week to undergo the sentence, noting that no order suspending the sentence or exempting surrender had been passed by the courts below. As the accused had not surrendered despite the revision pending since 2017, the court declined to entertain the revision on merits until compliance with the surrender direction. It further authorised the trial court to take steps to secure the accused's presence and ensure service of the sentence if the accused failed to surrender.

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Outcome: The accused was directed to surrender before the trial court within one week, failing which the trial court was to take steps to secure his presence for serving the sentence. The matter was posted for further hearing.

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