The Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court held recently that a High Court, while entertaining a criminal revision application, can suspend the sentence of convicts even if they have not surrendered.A.
The Bombay High Court said a convict may be a hardened criminal but should receive human treatment in prison. The bench was hearing a plea filed by Rubeena Shaikh, wife of the convict, Imran Shaikh who was kept in solitary confinement for over two years.