Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 684 · Decided 21 September 2015
Jasbir Singh v. Tarasinghand Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 684 · [2015] 10 S.C.R. 61
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1241/2015
- Decided
- 21 September 2015
- Bench
- KURIAN JOSEPH, ARUN MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 466, 467, 468, 471
Headnote
A B Sentence/Sentencing:.Appea/ by complainant against the alleged lenient view taken by High Court with regard to c the sentence - Conviction of respondents ulss. 466, 467, 468, 471, 120-8, /PC for committing forgery of documents­ Sentence imposed upon respondents-accused ranging from 1 to 3 - Respondents underwent 4-5 months in custody- High Court D reduced sentence to period already undergone - Complainant's appeal - Held: Unless there are mitigating circumstances, the appellate/revisional court will not be justified in arbitrarily reducing the sentence awarded by the trial
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