Cc No.9/2016 Cbi vs . S.C. Pathak & Ors. Page 1 Of 95 on 7 January, 2017
In Ved Prakash Vs. State of Haryana, reported as AIR
1981 SC 643, the court has observed that sentencing an
accused person is a sensitive exercise of discretion and not a
routine or mechanical prescription acting on hunch. The trial
court should have collected material necessary to help award a
just punishment in the circumstances. The social backgrounds
and the personal factors of the crime doer are very relevant.