Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 276 · Decided 30 March 2015
State of Punjab v. Saurabh Bakshi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 276 · [2015] 3 S.C.R. 590
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 520/2015
- Decided
- 30 March 2015
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, PRAFULLA C. PANT (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 304A
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.304A - Rash and negligent driving - Imposition of sentence - Adequacy of quantum of sentence - Death of two due to rash and negligent driving- · Tri.al court convicted respondent and sentenced him to o undergo 1 year rigorous imprisonment - High Court noted that LRs of lacs and Rs.12.07 lacs respectively and that respondent has undergone impnsonment of 24 days out of orle year and, therefore, while upholding conviction reduced E the sentence to the period already undergone - Held: High Court was swayed away by the passion of mercy in applying the principle
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