Suresh vs The State (Govt. Of Nct Of Delhi) on 31 July, 2025
30. The appellant challenges the sentence as excessive. The trial court imposed one
year's simple imprisonment and Rs. 10,000/- fine, considering the offense's
gravity. However, the Ld. Trial Court did not consider the mitigating
circumstances i.e. age of the appellant, his clean antecedents and in view of fact
that the accused has faced this trial for more than 7 years at the time of
conviction, in the opinion of the Court, the approach of the Court should be
reformative rather than being deterrant in the present situation, where the
appellant has no previous involvement prior to the date of incident and
subsequent involvement even thereafter till date. As on date the appellant has
suffered the rigors of trial in appeal for the last 11 years and as such, in the
opinion of the Court, it would serve the end of justice, if the appellant is
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Suresh
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