Supreme Court of India

Sanjiv Kumar @ Gora v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2015] 3 S.C.R. 711
Bench Dipak Misra and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 19 March 2015

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that sentencing for any offence has a social goal.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

c Penal code, 1860- ss. 395, 450 and 342 - Prosecution under- Of appellant-accused- Conviction affirmed by High Court reducing the sentence - On appeal, held: In view of the evidence on record the accused was rightly convicted - His sentence cannot be reduced to the period already undergone on the ground that more than. 10 years have passed after the incident - Sentence/Sentencing. Sentence/Sentencing - Imposition of punishment - Principles to be followed by court- Discussed. Dismissing the appeals, the Court HELD: 1. After re-assessing the entire evidence on record, no illegality is found to

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