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Soman v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2012] 11 S.C.R. 1155
Bench Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai JJ.
Decided 14 December 2012

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeals are dismissed, subject to modification and reduction in sentence, as noted above.

Judgment, page 22

From the headnote

KERALA] ABKARI ACT: ss.55(a) and (i), 57A(2)(ii) and 58 - Sale by accused, a c retail vendor, of spurious liquor adulterated with methyl alcohol - Death of one person while others developed serious sickness - High Court taking into account the consequences of the culpable act, enhanced the sentence from two years RI, as awarded by trial court, to 5 years RI - Held: High Court 0 was fully justified in taking info account the death of a person, as a result of consuming the illicit liquor, sold by the appellant as a ground for enhancing his sentence from two years to five years RI - There was

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