Partly allowed
Manphool v. State
Rajasthan HCCRLA/610/1995
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Criminal appeal challenging a 1995 conviction and sentence under Section 323 IPC. Two appellants had died and their appeals abated; the sole surviving appellant did not contest his conviction. Considering his advanced age, poor health and time already served, the court upheld the conviction but reduced the one-year imprisonment sentence to time already undergone.
What did the court decide?
Conviction affirmed; one-year simple imprisonment reduced to time already undergone (16-08-1991 to 22-08-1991); appeal disposed personally.