Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 238 · Decided 15 December 1977
Nadella Venkata Krishna Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 238 · [1978] 2 S.C.R. 403
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 505/1977
- Decided
- 15 December 1977
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, V.D. TULZAPURKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
KRISHNA RAO V- STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH December 15, 1977 [V. R. KRISHNA !YER AND V. 0. TULZAPURKAR, JJ.J Sentencing-Purpose and justification of a sentence. Appellant accused No. 2 was charged along with Al and A3 u/ss. 489A and 4890 LP.C., but found guilty and convicted u/ss. 489C and 4890, and the sentence. Dismissing the appeal by special leave and reducing the sentence to five years on each count, the Court! HELD : Harsh and prolonged incarceration may sometimes be self-defeating. The most hurtful part of imprisonment is the initial stage when a person is confined in person.
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