Supreme Court of India
State of Madhya Pradesh v. Santosh Kumar
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Penal Code, 1860; Ss. 342, 375 and 376 with Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1983: Rape of a minor-Trial Court found accused guilty of offences under Sections 342, 376(2)(/) and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 10 years-High Court reducing sentence to 5 years-On appeal, Held: Law frowns upon acts constituting rape and provides for more stringent sentence to accused-Protection of society by stamping out criminal proclivity must he the object of law which could be acknowledged by imposing appropriate sentence-Sentencing process must be stern where it should be tempered with mercy…
Where later benches applied it
- 2018 Indore Development Authority v. Shailendra (dead) through Lrs. & Ors.
- 2012 State of Rajasthan v. Vinod Kumar
- 2021 Patan Jamal Vali v. The State of Andhra Pradesh
- 2012 Lalita Kumari v. Government of U.P. & Others
Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to
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