Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 47 · Decided 24 January 2005
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Munna Choubey and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 47 · [2005] 1 S.C.R. 781
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 167/2005
- Decided
- 24 January 2005
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.H. KAPADIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 450, 376(1), 109(1)
Headnote
STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH A v. MUNNA CHOUBEY AND ANR. JANUARY 24, 2005 [ARIJIT PASAYAT AND S.H. KAPADIA, JJ.) B > Penal Code, 1860-Section 376-Rape-Sessions Court sentencing accused to RI for seven years-In appeal, High Court reducing the sentence on ground that the accused belonged to rural were convicted by the Sessions Judge and sentenced to D undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of seven years for an offence of rape. They preferred appeal in High Court praying for reduction in sentence without challenging the finding of their conviction. High Court reduced the sentence
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