Supreme Court of India
State of M.P. v. Mehtaab
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that in the facts and 8 circumstances of the case, the order of the High Court can be upheld only with the modification that the accused .will pay compensation of Rs.2 lakhs to the heirs of the deceased within six months.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.357- - Conviction u/s. 304A and 337 /PC - Sentence of 1 year and of 3 months for respective offences - Reduced by High Court to the period already undergone i.e. 10 days - On appeal, held: It is duty of Court to award just sentence - It is also duty of the Court to consider the aspect of rehabilitating the victim o - Apart from the sentence, compensation is required to be paid by the accused - On failure of accused to pay the same, State is required to award the compensation - High Court not justified in reducing the sentence - Accused directed to pay
Where later benches applied it
- 2017 Ravada Sasikala v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr.
- 2015 State of Punjab v. Saurabh Bakshi
- 2015 State of Himachal Pradesh v. Ram Pal
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 mentioned
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