https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287512 A conviction based solely on a guilty plea entered under plea bargaining, without proper evaluation of evidence, was treated as unsustainable because inducing an accused to confess guilt in exchange for leniency was held contrary to public policy, unfair, unreasonable, and violative of Article 21. The High Court erred in relying on that plea without examining the circumstances in which it was made and in enhancing the sentence on that basis. The conviction and sentence were therefore set aside, and the matter was remitted for trial in accordance with law after ignoring the guilty plea. en-us Wed, 13 Feb 1980 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:43:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287512 A conviction based solely on a guilty plea entered under plea bargaining, without proper evaluation of evidence, was treated as unsustainable because inducing an accused to confess guilt in exchange for leniency was held contrary to public policy, unfair, unreasonable, and violative of Article 21. The High Court erred in relying on that plea without examining the circumstances in which it was made and in enhancing the sentence on that basis. The conviction and sentence were therefore set aside, and the matter was remitted for trial in accordance with law after ignoring the guilty plea. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 13 Feb 1980 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=287512