GURCHARAN SINGH v. STATE OF PUNJAB

Supreme Court of India · 02 Nov 2015
ANIL R. DAVE; ADARSH KUMAR GOEL
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1437/2015
criminal sentence_modified

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The Supreme Court reduced the sentence of an aged appellant suffering from ailments to one year on compassionate grounds while disposing of the criminal appeal.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1437/2015
(Arising out of SLP(Crl.)No.7566/2015)
GURCHARAN SINGH ... APPELLANT(S)
VS.
STATE OF PUNJAB ... RESPONDENT(S)
JUDGMENT
ANIL R. DAVE, J.

1. Though served, nobody appears for the respondent.

2. Leave granted.

3. Heard the learned counsel for the appellant.

4. We have perused the impugned judgment and the relevant record. Looking at the facts of the case and in view of the peculiar fact that the appellant is quite aged and suffers from some ailments, the sentence imposed upon him is reduced to one year.

5. The appeal is disposed of as allowed to the above extent ............... J. [ANIL R. DAVE] .............. J. [ADARSH KUMAR GOEL] New Delhi; 2nd November, 2015.