K.P. Ishaque vs Reveendran Thampan on 10 March, 2010
41. The only other way to save the interests of justice in
such a situation would be to follow the course adopted by the
Madras High Court in Roja Kamalam v. State (AIR 1971
Madras 41) and G. Sankar v. A.B. Varadarajan (2007 (3)
Crimes 590) - of unnecessarily setting aside the finding
regarding conviction also. In those cases the Judges finding
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themselves powerless under Sec.386(b) chose to set aside the
conviction also to serve the ends of justice. To us, it appears
that it would be a totally unnecessary and unjustified course
causing unnecessary trauma, misery and protraction. We are of
the opinion that such an unnecessary setting aside of the order
of conviction merely to facilitate a remand to impose a just
sentence would be totally unjustified. Such a course can be
avoided giving a purposive interpretation to the expression "the
finding and sentence".