In Brief
A man was tried for rape, causing miscarriage, and cheating. The trial court acquitted him in 2024. The High Court reversed the acquittal on appeal and found him guilty under rape and miscarriage laws. However, instead of sentencing him itself, the High Court ordered him to surrender to the trial court for sentencing. The Supreme Court ruled this procedure was illegal. When an appellate court convicts someone for the first time after reversing an acquittal, that same court must personally hear the accused on sentencing and impose the sentence—it cannot delegate this duty back to the lower court. The Court remanded the case to the High Court to conduct the sentencing hearing itself.
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