Justice Manoj Jain refused to stay Singh’s conviction under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 30 of the Arms Act.
In the order dated September 29, the Court said that the nature of the offence contains an element of “moral turpitude”.
“There is no strait jacket formula to decipher as to which offence can be said to be involving moral turpitude. It, essentially, depends upon the facts of a given case but said expression does imply that the act must be inherently base and depraved, contrary to good morals and shakes the moral conscience of society. The act and conduct in question are, clearly, suggestive of offence of said category only,” the Court observed.
It added that Singh does not have clean antecedents and there is a long list of cases against him.