Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 191 · Decided 4 April 2001
Narsingh Prasad Singh v. Raj Kumar @ Pappu and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 191 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 984
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 453/2001
- Decided
- 4 April 2001
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, S.N. VARIAVA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: 11- Section 498-A-Dowry demand-Complainant's daughter beaten by the c accused persons lVith a burning wooden stick-Trial court convicted the accused and sentenced them to undergo rigo1vus imprisonment for one year- Appellate cou1t acquitted one of the accused and confinned the period. the accused was in jail-Con~ctness of-Held : Before exercising revisional jurisdiction, High Court ought to consider facts and apply its mind D for reducing the sentence-Not raising of any argument for acquittal is hardly any ground for reduction of sen_tence-High Court di1~cted to decide
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