Supreme Court of India

Bhola Kumhar v. State of Chhattisgarh

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Reported as [2022] 7 S.C.R. 1176
Bench Ajay Rastogi and C. T. Ravikumar JJ.
Decided 9 May 2022

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that reference to Section 3 86 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’) would be apposi te.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Constitution of India – Art. 19(1)(d), 21 – Illegal deten tion – Accused kept in prison beyond the Period of Impriso nment – The appellant was convicted for the offence punishable u/s. 376 of IPC and Sections 3(ii)(v) and 3(1)(xii) of the Schedule d Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 19 89 – He was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a pe riod of 12 years and to pay a fine of Rs.10,000/- and in default, to undergo imprisonment for one more year – High Court in appeal, confirm ed the conviction but reduced his sentence of 12 years rigorous imprisonment to 7

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