Accused Who Can’t Afford Lawyer Must Be Provided One At The Cost Of The State: Patna HC [Read Judgment]

‘Unless there happens to be refusal at the end of the accused, the accused must be provided legal representative at the cost of the State.’Ordering de novo trial in a murder case, the Patna High Court has set aside conviction of an accused who was not represented by a lawyer during the trial.The bench of Justice Aditya Kumar Trivedi and Justice Rajendra Kumar Mishra observed that unless...