Read the full judgment text of HCCC 314/2020 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 14 July 2021.
10. The policy of the courts to recognise useful assistance to the authorities in mitigation of sentence is based on the public interest. *190 It is in the public interest that appropriate punishment should be imposed on defendants convicted of criminal offences. But at the same time, the prevention, detection and prosecution of crime is also in the public interest. The use of the informer is a powerful weapon in the hands of the law enforcement agencies in society's fight against crime. Crimina
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