Supreme Court of India
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Ghanshyam Singh
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Penal Code, 1860-Section 300 Exception 4 & Section 304 Part-1- Culpable homicide not amounting to murder-Conviction and sentence High Court reducing the sentence to the one already undergone which is about 2 years-On appeal, held, there should be proportion between crime and punishment-Liberal attitude by imposing meagre sentences or taking sympathetic view due to lapse of time will be counter-productive and against social interest-Passage of time cannotjustifY minimal sentence Hence, punishment enhanced to 6 years imprisonment. Six persons including the respondent armed with different
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- 2019 The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Suresh
- 2019 Thangasamy v. The State of Tamil Nadu
- 2015 Nanda Gopalan v. State of Kerala
- 2012 Pushpanjali Sahu v. State of Orissa & Anr.
- 2014 Sushil Ansal v. State through Cbi
- 2012 Soman v. State of Kerala
- 2012 State of U.P. v. Sanjay Kumar
- 2012 Alister Anthony Pareira v. State of Maharashtra
Of those, 4 relied on · 1 distinguished · 3 referred to
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