Supreme Court of India

State of M.P. v. Udaibhan

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Reported as [2016] 1 S.C.R. 1080
Bench Dipak Misra J.
Decided 1 March 2016

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Sentence !Sentencing - Conviction of one accused inter alia u!s. 307 !PC and other tll'o accused u!s. 307/3./ !PC - Sentence of JO years RI - High Court altered the conviction u!s.307 & 30713./ to one u!s.326 and 32613./ and reduced the sentence to the period already undergone (i.e. one year nine 111011ths) - Appeal by State - Held: Ir is duty of rhe court awarding sentence to ensure jusrice to both the parties - ·Undue leniency in awarding sentence needs to be avoided - Reducing of sentence by High Court in absence of any mitigating circumstance, suffers from the vice of being over; lenient

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