Supreme Court of India
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Babulal
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For the foregoing reasons, the appeal filed by the State is -1 allowed.
Judgment, page 17
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860-s. 37 6 (I )-Rape of married woman in broad day light under threat of knife-Conviction by trial Court-Sentence of7 years RI (minimum sentence)-High Court reducing the sentence c to period already undergone i.e. 2 months 3 days-On appeal, held: In view of the conviction of the accused having been rightly recorded by trial court and upheld by High Court, reducing of sentence to less than the mini.'11um sentence without 'adequate 'and 'special' reasons, is illegal-Trial Court was wholly right and fully justified in awarding punishment for 7 years as envisaged bys. 376
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Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Shyam Narain v. The State of Nct of Delhi
- 2012 State of Rajasthan v. Vinod Kumar
- 2018 Jitendra @ Kalla v. State of Govt. of Nct of Delhi
- 2012 Soman v. State of Kerala
Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to
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