Against The Judgment Of Conviction And ... vs The State Of Jharkhand Through Central ... on 1 September, 2021
In view of these authoritative pronouncements in the
matter by the Supreme Court of India this court is of the
considered view that the orders passed by the coordinate
benches of this court in the case of Krishna Bihari Singh v.
State of Jharkhand reported in 2007 (1) JLJR 14 and Rajendra
Sharma vs. The State of Jharkhand through C.B.I. reported in
25 Cr. Appeal (SJ) No.290 of 2014
2011 (2) JLJR 434, so far as they relate to reducing the sentence
of a convict to less than the minimum sentence prescribed by
the statute, are no more good law.