Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 79 · Decided 4 March 1977
Palaniappa Gounder v. State of Tamil Nadu & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 79 · [1977] 3 S.C.R. 132
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 190/1976
- Decided
- 4 March 1977
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, P.K. GOSWAMI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 357, 367(4), 357(1)(e), 482
Headnote
· . Cbmpensation to persons injured out of a1nount reali'sed by sentence of fine-Propriety· of inzposition of heary {i1re, while sentencing-Guidelines to the Courts for imposing sentence of fine-Section 357 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Act 11 o/ 1974), 1973. · The 302 I.P.C. and was sentenced to death. The lligh Court motlified che sentence of death to one of life imprisonment. However, exercising its Powers under s. 367(4) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, the High Court imposed a fine of Rs. 20,000/- under s. 357(1)(c) of the Code. Special Leave
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