Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 883 · Decided 22 November 2006
Babu Singh and ANOTHER. v. Reshampal Singh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 883 · [2006] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 303
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1604/2005
- Decided
- 22 November 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307
Headnote
B Sentencing-Award of death sentence, reduced to life imprisonment by High Court-Plea of enhancement of the punishment to death sentence­ Held: High Court awarded life imprisonment after considering the question C of sentence in detail-Thus, no reason to enhance the punishment to death under section 302 IPC. However High Court upheld the conviction but reduced the sentence to life imprisonment Hence the present appeals. D Dismissing the appeals, the court HELD : High Court considered the question of sentence in detail. On going through the evidence and having considered the
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