Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 1069 · Decided 16 November 2018
Santosh @ Santosh Kumar v. State of Kerala
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 1069 · [2018] 13 S.C.R. 1183
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1409/2018
- Decided
- 16 November 2018
- Bench
- ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, INDU MALHOTRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Leave Granted & Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Kerala Abkari Act s. 55(a) and (1) - Prosecution u/s. 55(a) - Of appellant- accused alongwith other co-accused - Trial court acquitting one co-accused, convicted the appellant-accused and another co- accused - They were sentenced to RI for five years and fine of Rs. one upheld the conviction, but reduced the sentence of RI from five years to three years - Imposition of fine of Rs. one lakh was maintained - Appeal to Supreme Court - Notice was issued only confined to issue of sentence - Held: Appellant's case falls under clause
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