Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 164 · Decided 17 February 2026
Parameshwari v. The State of Tamil Nadu & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 164 · [2026] 3 S.C.R. 243
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 949/2026
- Decided
- 17 February 2026
- Bench
- RAJESH BINDAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307, 324, 326; CrPC Section 357
Headnote
Whether the High Court was justified in reducing the sentence awarded to the Private Respondents. Sentencing - Reducing the sentence in cases of grave offences by enhancing the compensation payable to the victim - Impermissibility - to or a substitute for punishment - Trial Court convicted the accused persons u/ss.307, 324 and 326, IPC and sentenced them to undergo rigorous imprisonment of three years and a fine of ₹ 5,000/- each (totalling to ₹ 10,000/-) - High Court vide impugned judgment maintained
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