Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 238 · Decided 19 March 2015
Sanjiv Kumar @ Gora v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 238 · [2015] 3 S.C.R. 711
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1424/2009
- Decided
- 19 March 2015
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 395, 450, 342
Headnote
A B c Penal code, 1860- ss. 395, 450 and 342 - Prosecution under- Of appellant-accused- Conviction affirmed by High Court reducing the sentence - On appeal, held: In view of the evidence on record the accused was rightly convicted - His sentence cannot be reduced to the period already D undergone have passed after the incident - Sentence/Sentencing. Sentence/Sentencing - Imposition of punishment - Principles to be followed by court- Discussed. E Dismissing the appeals, the Court HELD: 1. After re-assessing the entire evidence on record, no illegality is found to have been committed by
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