Supreme Court of India
Ved Prakash v. State of Haryana
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From the 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 Probation. the. Court. HELD : Sentencing an accused person is a sensitive 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
Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Sanjay Dutt (a-117) v. The State of Maharashtra, through Cbi (stf), Bombay
- 2026 Milind S/o Ashruba Dhanve v. The State of Maharashtra
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to
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