Supreme Court of India

Bed Raj v. The State of Uttar Pradesh.

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Reported as [1955] 2 S.C.R. 583
Bench Vivian Bose, Jagannadhadas and B. P. Sinha JJ.
Decided 28 September 1955

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Sentence, Enhancement of-By the High Court-Principles applicable thereto. question of sentence is a matter of discretion and it is well settled that when discretion has been properly exercised along ac­ cepted judicial lines, an appellate court should not interfere to the detriment of an accused person except for very strong reasons which must be disclosed on the face of the judgment. In a matter of enhancement there should not be interference when the sentence passed imposes substantial punishment. Interfer­ ence is only called for when it is manifestly inadequate. In the circumstances and

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