Supreme Court · 1965 INSC 288 · Decided 9 December 1965
State of Maharashtra v. Jugamander Lal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1965 INSC 288 · [1966] 3 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 114/1965
- Decided
- 9 December 1965
- Bench
- A.K. SARKAR, J.R. MUDHOLKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 562
Headnote
Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956, <. 3(1)-Whether first offence must be punished with imprisonment and fine-"Punishable" as distinguished from "Punished"-Whether gives dis­ cretion to court not to impose imprisonment. The respondent was in Women and Girls Act, 1956. For the offence under s. 3(1) he was sentenced by the trial court to pay a fine of Rs. 1,500 and for that under s. 4(1) to pay a fine of Rs. 500. On appeal by the respondent, the High Court affirmed his con­ viction. The State preferred an application before the
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