Supreme Court of India

The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Suresh

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Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and Dinesh Maheshwari JJ.
Decided 20 February 2019

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Sentencing – Principle of Proportionality – Case of the prosecution that the accused-respondent assaulted his father who later succumbed to the injury – Trial Court found the respondent guilty u/s.304 Part II, IPC and awarded him 3 years’ rigorous imprisonment while setting off the period of detention already undergone (3 months, 21 days) against the term of imprisonment imposed on him – High Court though upheld the conviction of the respondent but modified the sentence of 3 years’ rigorous imprisonment to that of the period already undergone i.e.

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