Supreme Court of India

Santosh @ Santosh Kumar v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2018] 13 S.C.R. 1183
Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and Indu Malhotra JJ.
Decided 16 November 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, the appeal succeeds and is accordingly allowed.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Kerala Abkari Act s. 55(a) and (1) – Prosecution u/s. 55(a) – Of appe llant- accused alongwith other co-accused – Trial court ac quitting one co-accused, convicted the appellant-accused and ano ther co- accused – They were sentenced to RI for five years and fi ne of Rs. one lakh with default clause – High Court upheld the conviction, but reduced the sentence of RI from five years to t hree years – Imposition of fine of Rs. one lakh was maintained – Appeal to Supreme Court – Notice was issued only confined to issue of s entence – Held: Appellant’s case falls under clause (a) of s. 55 –

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