Section 386(a) CrPC | Appellate Court Reversing Acquittal Must Itself Hear Convict on Sentence; Can’t Remit Matter to Trial Court Solely for Sentencing: Supreme Court
The Calcutta High Court reversed a Sessions Court acquittal, convicted the accused under Sections 376 and 312 IPC and then directed him to surrender before the trial court for sentencing. The Supreme Court found the procedure “unknown to law.”