Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 893 · Decided 24 November 2006
Chatar Singh v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 893 · [2006] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 369
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 623/2005
- Decided
- 24 November 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 364, 365, 201, 302; CrPC Section 31
Headnote
B Sentence/Sentencing: Consecutive sentence-Maximum imprisonment-Accused convicted u/ C s. 364 !PC-High Court held that total period of Rigorous Imprisonment would he 20 years-Correctness of-Held, incorrect-In view of s. 3 I Ct. P. C, accused cannot be sentenced for period longer than 14 case was that the accused kidnapped two boys and when his demand for ransom was not fulfilled, he killed them. He was prosecuted u/ss. 302, 201, 364, 365 and 120-B IPC. Trial Court held that there was no material to show that appellant had killed the victims and therefore conyicted
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