JAYENDER THAKUR vs GOVT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY DELHI — Crl.A. No. 486/1997

Summary of Crl.A. No. 000486/1997 The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of four accused (Subhash Singh Thakur, Jayendra Thakur, Shyam Kishore Garikapati, and Chandrakant Patil) under Section 5 of the TADA for terrorist activities, but enhanced their sentence from 5 years to 10 years rigorous imprisonment. The Court rejected arguments that it lacked power to enhance sentences and held that Article 142 of the Constitution empowered it to do so in exceptional circumstances, given the grave nature of the offense involving nocturnal movements with highly lethal explosives in a densely populated city. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.