Supreme Court of India
Appa v. The State of Maharashtra
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What the Court ordered
For the foregoing reasons, the Appeal is partly allowed. The appellant is convicted for the offence punishable under Section 325 of the IPC. The sentence of the appellant is reduced to the period already undergone by him with fine of Rs.1,000/-. The appellant shall be released forthwith, unless he is required to be in custody in connection with any other case.
Judgment, 15
In brief
On the night of 23.01.1993, four men entered the complainant's farmhouse in her agricultural field. The appellant sat beside the sleeping complainant on her cot, held a knife to her neck, injured her hand when she tried to grab the knife, punched her in the face causing an upper incisor tooth to fall out, and allegedly snatched her gold mangalsutra and 'dorle' worth about Rs.4,000; the other assailants assaulted her daughter and tied up her husband before all fled.…
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