Partly allowed
Babu Lal Sharma v. State
Rajasthan HCCRLR/581/2006
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Conviction under Sections 279, 337, 338 and 304 IPC for a rash driving accident was not challenged; only the sentence was. The court modified the two-year imprisonment to the period already undergone (5 months 10 days), while requiring payment of fine within 60 days, default entailing the original custodial order.
What did the court decide?
Sentence of two years' simple imprisonment reduced to period already undergone; fines payable within 60 days, failing which default imprisonment revives.