Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab v. Dil Bahadur

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Reported as [2023] 3 S.C.R. 766

Bench M. R. Shah and C. T. Ravikumar JJ.

Decided 28 March 2023

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Sentence/Sentencing – Principle of – High Court tho ugh confirmed the conviction of the respondent-accused for o ffences u/ ss.279 and 304A, IPC, however, reduced the sentence from two year s to eight months – Justification of – Held: While re ducing the sentence, the High Court has not at all considered t he gravity of the offence and the manner in which the accused com mitted the offence – Because of the rash and negligent driving on the part of the accused one innocent person died and two persons s ustained injuries – High Court did not consider the fact that IPC is punitive and deterrent

Authorities it was built on

2006 Shailesh Jasvantbhai and Anr. v. State of Gujarat and Ors. cited by 20
2015 State of Punjab v. Saurabh Bakshi cited by 4
2014 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Surendra Singh cited by 3
2019 The State of Arunachal Pradesh v. Ramchandra Rabidas @ Ratan Rabidas & Anr. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2026 Parameshwari v. The State of Tamil Nadu referred to

Of those, 1 referred to

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