Supreme Court · 1955 INSC 48 · Decided 28 September 1955
Bed Raj v. The State of Uttar PRADESH.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1955 INSC 48 · [1955] 2 S.C.R. 583
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 88/1954
- Decided
- 28 September 1955
- Bench
- VIVIAN BOSE, B. JAGANNADHADAS, BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS 583 BED RAJ v. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH. [VIVIAN BosE, JAGANNADHADAS and B. P. SINHA JJ.] Sentence, Enhancement of-By the High Court-Principles applicable thereto. A question of sentence is a matter of discretion and it is well settled that when discretion has been properly face of the judgment. In a matter of enhancement there should not be interference when the sentence passed imposes substantial punishment. Interfer­ ence is only called for when it is manifestly inadequate. In the circumstances and bearing all the considerations of the present case in mind it
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