Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 774 · Decided 13 November 2014
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Surendra Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 774 · [2014] 13 S.C.R. 554
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2401/2014
- Decided
- 13 November 2014
- Bench
- M.Y. EQBAL, SHIVA KIRTI SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 279, 337, 304
Headnote
c Sentencing/Sentencing policy - Duty of the courts to consider al/relevant factors to impose appropriate sentence -Accident caused by jeep due to rash and negligent driving bydriverofthejeep (respondent) leading to death of a person travelling in the jeep - Conviction of respondent by trial court Court maintained conviction but reduced sentence awarded by trial court to the period already undergone - Propriety- Held: On facts, the trial court did not commit any illegality in passing the order of conviction - However, without proper appreciation of the evidence and E consideration of
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