Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 161 · Decided 8 February 2019
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Vikram Das
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 161 · [2019] 3 S.C.R. 691
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 208/2019
- Decided
- 8 February 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HEMANT GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 142; SC/ST Act Section 3(1)(xi)
Headnote
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 - s.3(1)(xi) - Trial court convicted the respondent for an offence under s.3(1)(xi) and sentenced him to undergo 6 months RI with fine of Rs.500/- - Conviction was not disputed by the respondent before the was disputed - High Court modified sentence of 6 months RI to the extent of sentence already undergone, however, it enhanced the fine amount of Rs.500/- to Rs.3000/- - Appeal by State on the ground that sentence, less than minimum sentence, cannot be granted - Held: Where
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