Supreme Court of India
Chatar Singh v. State of M.P.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that interest of justice would be. sub-served if the appellant is directed to be sentenced to the period already undergone.
Judgment, page 6
From the headnote
Sentence/Sentencing: Consecutive sentence-Maximum imprisonment-Accused convicted u/ s. 364 !PC-High Court held that total period of Rigorous Imprisonment would he 20 years-Correctness of-Held, incorrect-In view of s. 3 I Ct. P. , accused cannot be sentenced for period longer than 14 years-Penal Code, 1860-Section 364-Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Section 31 and its proviso. Prosecution's case was that the accused kidnapped two boys and when his demand for ransom was not fulfilled, he killed them.…
Where later benches applied it
- 2014 Duryodhan Rout v. State of Orlssa
- 2025 The New India Assurance Company Limited v. Usha Devi
- 2020 Sri Marthanda Varma (d) Thr. Lrs. & Anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 mentioned
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