Supreme Court of India

Ishardas v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [1972] 3 S.C.R. 312

Bench J.M. Shelat J.

Decided 31 January 1972

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above object of the Act and the intention of the legislature as revealed by the fact that a H minimum sentence of imprisonment for a period of six months (1) [1962] Supp. 2 S.CR. 745. c E· ISHAR DAS v.

Judgment, page 7

Where later benches applied it

2021 Lakhvir Singh Etc v. The State of Punjab & Anr. relied on
2013 Sanjay Dutt (a-117) v. The State of Maharashtra, through Cbi (stf), Bombay relied on
2025 Nagarajan & Anr. v. The State of Tamil Nadu referred to
2025 Chellammal and Another v. State Represented by the Inspector of Police referred to
2012 Sunil Kumar v. State of Haryana referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to

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