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Constitution — Art. 21 — Right to speedy trial —Ambit of — Encompasses all the stages — namely the stages of investigation, inquiry, trial, appeal, revision & retrial etc. — inordinately long delay may be taken as presumptive proof of prejudice — n this context, the fact of incarceration of accused will also be a relevant fact — The prosecution should not be allowed to become a persecution—Abdul Rehman Antulay and others Vs. R.S. Nayak and another—referred. (Para 7) |
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Constitution — Art. 21 — Right to speedy trial — Criminal Jurisprudence — Duty of the Court — Where there is undue delay — one must have regard to all the attendant circumstances — including nature of offence, number of accused and witnesses, the workload of the Court concerned, prevailing local conditions etc. —Abdul Rehman Antulay and others Vs. R.S. Nayak and another—referred. (Para 7) |
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