Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 122 · Decided 2 August 1978
Lingala Vijayakumar & ORS. v. Public Prosecutor, Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 122 · [1979] 1 S.C.R. 2
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 257/1978
- Decided
- 2 August 1978
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, D.A. DESAI, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 235(2); Constitution Article 19
Headnote
VIJA Y AKUMAR & ORS. v. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ANDHRA PRADESH August 2,. 1978 [V. R. KRISHNA IYER, D. A. DESAI AND 0. CHINNAPPA REDDY, JJ.J Scnt::nce-E·nhancement of the sentence by the High Court under Secaon 377 of the Cri!ninal Procedure Code, 1973 explained. Sentence-Correctional and av,'arded sentences of 2:! years rigorous imprisonment each for the ofience of having robbed the State Bank by committing dacoity. Appeals by the accused and the State ended in the enhancement of the sentence to seven yerirs R.I. each. Hence the appeal by special leave. Dismissing the
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