Supreme Court of India

State of Madhya Pradesh v. Ghanshyam Singh

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 618
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 11 September 2003

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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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