LAW ON SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE
The article examines the legal principles governing suspension of sentence in serious criminal cases, using the life-imprisonment conviction of Kuldeep Singh Sengar as a focal point. It explains that suspension of sentence is distinct from acquittal: it temporarily suspends punishment, not the finding of guilt, and is exercised during the pendency of an appeal. While such suspension is relatively liberal in fixed-term sentences, it is an exception in life-imprisonm
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