2013 (1) TMI 258

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....riminal revision has been preferred by the petitioners against judgment dated 28.11.2005 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Jalandhar, thereby dismissing the appeal filed by the petitioners against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 11.02.2005 passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jalandhar, vide which the petitioners have been convicted for an offence puni....

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....such a situation, amicus curiae is required to be appointed. The Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Md. Sukur Ali (supra) has held as under: "19. We reiterate that in the absence of a counsel, for whatever reasons, the case should not be decided forthwith against the accused but in such a situation the Court should appoint a counsel who is practising on the criminal side as amicus curiae and deci....