Mohan Singh v. State
Case brief
What is this about?
In this special criminal appeal, the High Court of Delhi partly allowed the appeal, reducing the appellant's sentence to the period already undergone. The Court suspended the sentence and remitted the trial court record.
What did the court decide?
Sentence reduced to period undergone; appeal partially allowed; trial court record remitted.
What the court decided
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- IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
- CRL.A. 726/2003
- MOHAN SINGH ..... Appellant Through: Mr.Sumeet Verma and Ms.Preeti Jakhar, Advs.
versus
STATE ..... Respondent Through: Ravi Nayak, APP for State along with SI Kamal Kumar P.S. OIA, ND.
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA
- O R D E R
- % 19.05.2018
This appeal has been filed challenging the Judgment dated 17.04.2003 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, New Delhi in case FIR No.178/1998 (Sessions Case No.36/1998) convicting the Appellant for the offence under Section 326 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Order on sentence dated 24.04.2003 awarding the sentence of Rigorous Imprisonment for three years and fine of Rs.10,000/-, in default further Rigorous Imprisonment for six months on the Appellant.
The case of the prosecution is that on 13.03.1998, which was the day of the festival of Holi, a quarrel took place at A-18, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-I, New Delhi. On investigation, it was found that the Appellant along with Ram Bahadur, Krishan Bahadur (accused no.1), Mukesh Singh (accused no.3) and Murari Thapa (accused no.4) had attacked the injured Naresh Kumar Paswan and Gangesh Paswan who were at the
Issues for consideration
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the sentence awarded by the Trial Court is sustainable under varying circumstances of the case.
Parties & counsel
- appellant
Mohan Singh
- respondent
State
Coram
Navin Chawla
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
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