Supreme Court of India

Sham Sunder v. Puran and Anr.

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Reported as [1990] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 662
Bench S. Ratnavel Pandian and M. Fathima Beevi JJ.
Decided 21 September 1990

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we maintain the conviction of the respondents but enhance the sentence to one of rigorous imprisonment for a period of five years.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

c Indian Penal Code, 1860: Sections 302, 304 Part-I-Conviction -Life imprisonmenr-Second appeal-Converted to one under section 304 Part I and sentence reduced-No particular reasons given-Validity of the conviction-Sentence-Whether adequate. Sentence: Awarding punishment-Relevant factors to be taken into account-Measure of punishmenr to be proportionate to gravity of offence. 1 Respondent I is the son of Respondent No. 2. Including Respon- dent No. 1 Respondent No. 2 had 4 sons. Respondent No. 2 owned a sugarcane field adjoining the wheat field of one P. One of the sons of Respondent-2 had

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to

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