Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 223 · Decided 13 November 1980
Ved Prakash v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 223 · [1981] 1 S.C.R. 1279
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 291/1980
- Decided
- 13 November 1980
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, E.S. VENKATARAMIAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 360
Headnote
Sentencing exercise by the Court-Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Section 360 read with Section 4(1) of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958- · Duty of the Bench and .the Bm:, explained. Maintaining the conviction, alfowing the appeals as to, sentence and releasing the accused on exercise of discretion 't' ancl not a routine .or mechanical prescription acting as hunch. The social background ano the personal factors of the crime-doer . are very relevant, although in practice Criminal eourts have hardly paid attention to the social milieu or the personal
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