Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 360 · Decided 29 August 2012
State of M.P. v. Ayub Khan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 360 · [2012] 7 S.C.R. 427
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1324/2012
- Decided
- 29 August 2012
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Arms Act
Headnote
ARMS ACT, 1959: A B s. 25(1 )(a) - Unauthorised possession of arms - c Punishment - Held: Proliferation of arms and ammunition, whether licensed or not, in the country disrupts the social order and development, vitiates law and order situation, directly contributes towards lethality of violent all these aspects, including the national interest and safety of the citizens, the Legislature in its wisdom has prescribed a minimum mandatory sentence (imprisonment for a term 'not less than three years' - Once the accused was found guilty of the offence, he has necessarily to undergo the
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