Appeal by Special Leave from the Judgment and Order dated 28 2 75 of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in Crl.
The appellants were held entitled under section 428 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 to set off the period of detention against the sentence of impris onment imposed upon them.
The High Court referred to the fact that the appellants had been in custody during the companyrse of the investigation, inquiry and trial, for about two years.
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Some of the appellants were also companyvicted for offences under section 5 of the Explosive Substances Act and section 25 of the Indian Arms Act.
20 of 1977.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by KHANNA, J. This appeal by special leave is against the judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissing the appeal filed by the appellants.
C. Agarwala and A.P. Gupta for the Appellants.
They were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment and the sentences were ordered to run companycurrently.
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462 of 1973.
P. Rao, G.N. Rao and T.V.S.N. Chari for the Respondent.
The total sentence of imprisonment to be undergone by some of the appellants was two years while in the case of the other appellants it was one year.
The appellants were companyvicted by the Additional Sessions Judge Visakhapatnam for offences under sections 147, 148 and 352 Indian Penal Code.
The appellants went up in appeal to the High Court against the judgment of the trial companyrt.
