Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 387 · Decided 9 August 2000
State of Andhra Pradesh v. Polamala Raju @ Rajarao
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 387 · [2000] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 329
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 629/1996
- Decided
- 9 August 2000
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, R.C. LAHOTI, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 376(2)
Headnote
B Indian Penal (ode-Section 376(2)-Rape of 5 year of old girl­ Accused convicted and sentenced to undergo JO years RI by Sessions Court- High Court c011firming conviction-Reducing sentence to 5 years RI-No special or adequate reasons shown-Held, sentence cannot be reduced C without proper in place of sentence o,f jail term-Due to long lapse o,f time--No mitigating circumstances shown-Held, cannot be permitted in such cases. Penology-Sentencing in offence o,f rape . Respondent was tried for an offence under Section 376 IPC, for committing rape on a S year old girl. The Sessions
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