Supreme Court of India
State of Karnataka v. Puttaraja
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Sentencing : Appropriate sentence-Award of--Principles-Discussed. Penal Code, 1860: Section 376-Rape of pregnant woman in the presence of her husband-Minimum sentence prescribed as seven years-Trial Court awarding 5 years-High Court reducing sentence to the period of custody of 46 days already undergone-Justificiation of;_Held: There was no ·scope of awarding sentence lesser than prescribed minimum-Reasons given by High Court for reducing the sentence not adequate and special Before the High Court, State has not challenged the quantum of sentence Hence sentence awarded by trial Court
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- 2008 S. Ramakrishna v. The State Rep. by the Public Prosecutor, High Court of A.P. Hyderabad
- 2008 Premiya @ Prem Prakash v. State of Rajasthan
- 2008 Venu @ Venugopal and Ors v. State of Karnataka
- 2006 Om Prakash v. State of U.P.
- 2006 Dinesh @ Buddha v. State of Rajasthan
- 2004 State of Himachal Pradesh v. Shree Kant Shekari
- 2004 State of U.P. v. Virendra Prasad
- 2003 State of Punjab v. Ramdev Singh
Of those, 2 referred to · 8 mentioned
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