Supreme Court of India
Sham Sunder v. Puran and Anr.
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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
- 2023 Uggarsain v. The State of Haryana & Ors.
- 2014 Sumer Singh v. Surajbhan Singh and Others
- 2025 The State of Himachal Pradesh v. Rajesh Kumar @ Munnu
- 2017 Ravada Sasikala v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr.
- 2014 Sushil Ansal v. State through Cbi
Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to
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