Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab v. Bawa Singh

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Reported as [2015] 1 S.C.R. 709

Bench M.Y. Eqbal and Kurian Joseph JJ.

Decided 15 January 2015

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Sentence/Sentencing - Sentence of one and half years for conviction u/s 326 /PC - Reduced by Revisional Court to the period already undergone (about 4 months) - Propriety of - Held: It is duty of the Court to award proper sentence having regard to the nature of offence - Undue sympathy by means of inadequate sentence does more harm to the justice system to undermine the public confidence - High Court, without appreciation of the evidence and consideration of the gravity of the offence has taken lenient view and shown undue sympathy- Matter remitted to High Court to pass order afresh in

Authorities it was built on

2006 Shailesh Jasvantbhai and Anr. v. State of Gujarat and Ors. cited by 20

Where later benches applied it

2019 Suryakant Baburao @ Ramrao Phad v. State of Maharashtra and Others relied on
2015 Raj Bala v. State of Haryana & Ors. Etc. Etc. relied on
2024 Baba Natarajan Prasad v. M. Revathi referred to
2017 Ravada Sasikala v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr. referred to
2015 Shanti Lal Meena v. State of Nct of Delhi, Cbi referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to

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