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Baba Natarajan Prasad v. M. Revathi

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Reported as [2024] 7 S.C.R. 781
Bench C.T. Ravikumar and Sanjay Kumar JJ.
Decided 15 July 2024

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the trial Court had virtually struck a balance in fixing the term of one year as the corporeal sentence.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the High Court had shown undeserving leniency and sympathy to accused Nos.1 and 2 by sentencing them to undergo imprisonment till the rising of the court and to pay a fine of Rs.20,000/- each, even after finding that they committed the serious offence of bigamy punishable u/s. 494 IPC; and whether an enhancement of sentence is called for. Headnotes† Sentence/Sentencing – Enhancement of – High Court after restoring conviction for the offence of bigamy punishable u/s. 494 IPC, sentenced accused Nos.1 and 2 to undergo imprisonment till the rising of the court and

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