Supreme Court of India

Sunil Dutt Sharma v. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi)

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Reported as [2013] 9 S.C.R. 1000
Bench Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and Ranjan Gogoi JJ.
Decided 8 October 2013

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Penal Code, 1860: s.304- - Dowry death - Conviction and sentence of life imprisonment awarded by courts below - Sentence, if excessive or disproportionate - Held: The principles of sentencing evolved by Supreme Court though largely in the context of death penalty will be applicable to all lesser sentences so long as the sentencing judge is vested with the discretion to award a lesser or a higher sentence resembling the swing of the pendulum from the minimum to the maximum - Jn the instant case, the proved facts on the basis of which offence u/s. 304- was held to be established, while

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Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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