Case brief
What is this about?
Harbans Singh v. State of Punjab, Supreme Court of India, SLP (Crl.) No. 1481 of 1984, decided July 25, 1984 (D.A. Desai and A. Varadarajan, JJ.; order by Desai, J.). Special leave petition dismissed with a short speaking order clarifying that dismissal does not affirm the Punjab and Haryana High Court's order (Crl. Appeal No. 45 of 1983, dated 23rd January, 1984) reducing the trial court's sentence under S.5(2), Prevention of Corruption Act 1947, to the sentence already undergone; reduction held wholly impermissible, a misplaced sympathy unsustainable in law, the reasons shown not being 'special reasons' per Meet Singh v. State of Punjab, [1980] 2 S.C.R. 1152 (relied on). Counsel for petitioner: Harbans Lal, Balmokand Goyal.
What did the court decide?
The dismissal of the special leave petition does not tantamount to affirmance of the order of the learned Judge of the High Court.