Sanjay v. the State
Case brief
What is this about?
The Delhi High Court upheld the conviction of the appellant for attempted culpable homicide not amounting to murder but reduced the substantive sentence from 3.5 years to 2.5 years, noting the reduction applies only to this case and holds no precedential value.
What did the court decide?
The substantive sentence of rigorous imprisonment reduced from 3 1/2 years to 2 1/2 years; fine and period in default maintained.
What the court decided
* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Date of Order: January 07, 2019
- CRL.A. 222/2018 & Crl.M.B. 1593/2018
SANJAY
..... Appellant
Through: Mr. Jose Abraham, Mr. B. Mathews and Mr. Sarah Shaji, Advocates
Versus
THE STATE ..... Respondent Through: Ms. Aashaa Tiwari, Additional Public Prosecutor for State with SI Mohit Malik, P.S. Prasad Nagar, Delhi
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL GAUR
O R D E R (ORAL)
- Impugned judgment of 12th September, 2017 holds appellant guilty of offence under Section 308 (Part-II) of IPC and vide order of 13th September, 2017 appellant has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 3 ½ years with a fine of ₹10,000/- with default clause. By way of this appeal appellant seeks setting aside of conviction and sentenced awarded by the trial court.
Issues for consideration
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the appellant's conviction under Section 308 IPC should be upheld and the sentence reduced.
Parties & counsel
- appellant
Sanjay
- respondent
The State
Coram
Sunil Gaur
Case details
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