Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. v. Kishan

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 530
Bench Arijit Pasayat and S.H. Kapadia JJ.
Decided 30 November 2004

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Indian Penal Code, I 860 : S. 304 (Part-/I)-Conviction by trial court-Seven years RI imposed- High Court, by non-speaking order, reducing the sentence to the period already undergone merely on the ground of lapse of time-Held, as the High Court disposed of the matter by an unreasoned order, matter remitted back to it for decision afresh on the question of sentence. Criminal Law : Sentencing- liberal attitude by imposing meager sentence merely for lapse of time would be counter-productive-It is the duty of every court to award proper sentence having regard to the nature of offence and the

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