Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 897 · Decided 4 August 2008
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Pappu @ Ajay
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 897 · [2008] 11 S.C.R. 793
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1213/2008
- Decided
- 4 August 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376(1), 324, 452
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860; S. 376(1) r/w s.511 and Ss. 324 and 452: c Sentencing - Trial Court convicting accused for c0.mmit- ting offences punishable u/s. 376(1) rlw s. 511 and Ss. 324 and 452 /PC and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for 4 years - High Court reducing the sentence to the period al- months and 25 days - Correctness of D - Held: Incorrect- No reason indicated by the High Court while .... ..,._ directing reduction of sentence - It is duty of the Court to award proper sentence having regard to nature of the offence and the manner in which it was committed - For deciding just and
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