Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 604 · Decided 24 April 2009
Bikram Dorjee v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 604 · [2009] 6 S.C.R. 884
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 827/2009
- Decided
- 24 April 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304
Headnote
Sentence/Sentencing: Life sentence for conviction uls 304 (Part I) /PC - Propriety of - Held : Life sentence in appropriate case can be imposed in a case re/atable to s. 304 (Part I) /PC - However, on facts, 1 O years custodial sentence would meet o the ends of justice - Penal Code, 1860 - s. 304 - Determinative factors for - Proportionality in imposition of - Discussed. E The question involved for consideration in the present appeal was whether sentence of life imprisonment could be awarded to the accused convicted u/s 304 (Part I) IPC. F Partly allowing the appeal, the Court HELD:
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