Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 476 · Decided 17 July 2013
Rajendra Sharma v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 476 · [2013] 7 S.C.R. 570
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1109/2009
- Decided
- 17 July 2013
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 395, 397, 25, 27; Arms Act Section 3, 5
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: c ss. 3951397 - Dacoity in gold jewellery workshop - Conviction of appellant-taxi driver along with another and sentence of 10 years RI - Held: The evidence on record has clearly established the involvement of appeUant in commission of the offence - Courts below rightly convicted sentence, on going through all the aspects, particularly, the evidence of taxi-owner, who nowhere in his deposition stated about any illegal activity on the part of the appellant, ends of justice would be met by altering his sentence to the period already undergone, i.e. 7 E ~years. The
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