Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. v. Siya Ram & Anr.

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Reported as [2010] 9 S.C.R. 687
Bench Harjit Singh Bedi and Chandramauli Kr. Prasad JJ.
Decided 5 August 2010

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons recorded by the High Court, as the propensity to implicate falsely is not uncommon in India.

Judgment, page 3

From the headnote

Penal Code, 1860: s.307134 - Conviction by trial court of two out of three accused - High Court acquitting one of the appellants before c it and reducing the sentence of the other to the period already undergone and imposing a fine of Rs. 10, 0001- - Appeal by State against acquittal as also against reduction of the 0 sentence - HELD: The Court is not inclined to interfere with the acquittal order, keeping in view the propensity to false implications - However, reduction in the sentence of the convict is not approved, though keeping in view the fact that prosecution had been initiated in

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