E. SUSPENSION, REMISSION AND COMMUTATION OF SENTENCES
No order of suspension, remission or commutation of sentences passed by the
State
Government
in relation to a person, who has been convicted of offences, some of which
relate to
matters
to which the executive power of the Union extends, and who has been sentenced
to
separate
terms of imprisonment which are to run concurrently, shall have effect unless
an order
for
the suspension, remission or commutation, as the case may be, of such sentences
has also
been
made by the Central Government in relation to the offences committed by such
person with
regard
to matters to which the executive power of the Union extends.
Comments
Where
the trial Court has sufficient reasons for taking lenient view on question of
sentence, it
should
not be interfered; State of Karnataka v. Hema Reddy alias Vema Reddy, AIR 1981 SC
1417:
(1981) Cr LJ 1019: (1981) 2 SCC 186:(1981)1 SCC (Cr) 3985: (1981) SCC (Cr) 429:
(1981)
Cr LR (SC) 278.
