https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303200 A criminal appeal against conviction must be examined on merits, and the appellate court must independently consider the challenge to conviction before addressing sentence. Acceptance of a concession that the conviction is not disputed does not justify confining the hearing only to punishment, because the court remains bound to satisfy itself about the correctness of the conviction. The statutory scheme does not permit disposal of such an appeal on the basis of plea bargaining or a routine concession by counsel. The High Court's approach of limiting the matter to sentence alone was therefore not legally sustainable. en-us Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 08 Jul 2022 12:07:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303200 A criminal appeal against conviction must be examined on merits, and the appellate court must independently consider the challenge to conviction before addressing sentence. Acceptance of a concession that the conviction is not disputed does not justify confining the hearing only to punishment, because the court remains bound to satisfy itself about the correctness of the conviction. The statutory scheme does not permit disposal of such an appeal on the basis of plea bargaining or a routine concession by counsel. The High Court's approach of limiting the matter to sentence alone was therefore not legally sustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303200