Supreme Court of India
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Bablu
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Penal Code, 1860: 8 ss. 354 and 323 - Accus_ed outraging the modesty of a c woman - Conviction and sentence of six months imprisonment by trial court - High Court maintaining the conviction but reducing the sentence to the period undergone i.e. 21 days - Held: High Court in a very casual manner reduced the sentence merely on the ground that the accused is first offender - If such a view is taken, the accused, who commit such offences, will be emboldened and repeat such crime, which is totally detrimental to the society - Impugned order of High Court reducing the sentence is set aside and, to
Authorities it was built on
- 1994 Dhananjoy Chatierjee @ Dhana v. State of West Bengal
- 2006 Shailesh Jasvantbhai and Anr. v. State of Gujarat and Ors.
- 1987 Mahesh S/o. Ram Narain Etc. v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- 1991 Seyaka Perumal, Etc v. State of Tamil Nadu
- 2009 Ahmed Hussein Vali Mohammed Saiyed & Anr. v. State of Gujarat
- 2013 Hazara Singh v. Raj Kumar and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Baba Natarajan Prasad v. M. Revathi
- 2023 Uggarsain v. The State of Haryana & Ors.
- 2017 Ravada Sasikala v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr.
Of those, 3 referred to
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