2008 (7) TMI 1067
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....: Arna Das and L.N. Gupta, Advs. For Respondents: C.D. Singh and Munendra Kumar Singh, Advs. JUDGMENT Arijit Pasayat, 1. Though the petition was filed as a writ petition and was numbered as WP (Crl.) No. 192 of 2005, by order dated 1.4.2005 it was noted that in the notice it shall be indicated that the writ petition shall be treated as a Special Leave Petition against the judgment of the High....
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....which was admitted and registered as Criminal Appeal No. 229 of 2003. The appellant admittedly did not file any Special Leave Petition. By judgment dated 17.2.2003 in the aforesaid Criminal Appeal, a Bench of this Court held that Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC was applicable to the facts of the case and altered the conviction to Section 304 Part I IPC and held that custodial sentence of 10 years a....
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.... three accused came up for consideration before different Benches in this Court. SLP of one of them was dismissed and he was hanged, SLP of another accused was partly allowed by the Court and death sentence was commuted to imprisonment for life. SLP of the remaining accused thereafter was dismissed, review petition was also dismissed and his prayer for clemency came to be rejected by the President....
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....per administration of justice. Apart from the jurisdiction and powers conferred on this Court under Articles 32 and 136 of the Constitution, I am of the opinion that this Court retains and must retain, an inherent power and jurisdiction for dealing with any extraordinary situation in the larger interests of administration of justice and for preventing manifest injustice being done. This power must....