Supreme Court · 1957 INSC 15 · Decided 12 February 1957
Hansraj Moolji v. The State of Bombay
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1957 INSC 15 · [1957] 1 S.C.R. 634
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 93/1956
- Decided
- 12 February 1957
- Bench
- NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI, B. JAGANNADHADAS, SYED JAFFER IMAM, P. GOVINDA MENON, J.L. KAPUR (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 109; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
v. The State of Rajasthan Jagannadhadas J. 1957 February 12, 634 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1957] in the appellant's situation should be sent back to jail to serve out the rest of the sentence. We have ascertained from the Advocate appeanng for the Government that the appellant has already served a In view of all the circumstances of the case, we agree that the interests of justice do not call for his being sent back to jail. While, therefore, maintaining the conviction of the appellant, K. N. Mehra, we reduce the sentence of imprisonment against him to the period already undergone. The
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