Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 647 · Decided 13 May 2008
Siriya@ Shri Lal v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 647 · [2008] 8 S.C.R. 422
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 870/2008
- Decided
- 13 May 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 376 - Rape - By father of his daughter - Three eye-witnesses to the incident - Conviction c and sentence of life imprisonment by courts below - On ap­ peal held: In view of the evidence conviction and sentence justified Sentencing - Sentencing system - Principles to be is a general rule - D But in practice this rule is often deviated - Adoption of correc­ tive or deterrent machinery in sentencing should be based on factual matrix, by delicately balancing the mitigating and ag­ gravating circumstances - Courts are required to mould the
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