Supreme Court of India
Chatar Singh v. State of M.P.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that interest of justice would be. sub-served if the appellant is directed to be sentenced to the period already undergone.
Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Sentence/Sentencing: Consecutive sentence-Maximum imprisonment-Accused convicted u/ s. 364 !PC-High Court held that total period of Rigorous Imprisonment would he 20 years-Correctness of-Held, incorrect-In view of s. 3 I Ct. P. , accused cannot be sentenced for period longer than 14 years-Penal Code, 1860-Section 364-Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Section 31 and its proviso. Prosecution's case was that the accused kidnapped two boys and when his demand for ransom was not fulfilled, he killed them. He was prosecuted u/ss. 302, 201, 364, 365 and 120- IPC. Trial Court held that there was no
Where later benches applied it
- 2014 Duryodhan Rout v. State of Orlssa
- 2020 Sri Marthanda Varma (d) Thr. Lrs. & Anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned
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