Citation on Double jeopardy. PLD 2006 SC 365. Abdul Malik & Others V/S The State & Others. (FB) S.423, 427, 435 & 439 CrPC. S.302(2) PPC. Art.13 Constitution. Double jeopardy. Article 13 of the Constitution was not a bar for enhancement and final determination of sentence by the Appellate Court established under the law. Enhancement of a sentence of a convict who has already undergone the sentence of life imprisonment during the pendency of appeal/revision would not be hit by the principle of double jeopardy enshrined in Article 13 of the Constitution. Import of principles as enshrined in Art.13 of the Constitution and broad principles/ guidelines where the court can interfere and enhance the sentence, stated.
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