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The Indian Penal Code, 1860
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Section 302 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 397 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
Sadhupati Nageswara Rao vs State Of A.P on 3 August, 2012
In this regard, learned Counsel for the petitioner placed
reliance on the apex Court judgment in the matter of Sadhupati
Nageswara Rao vs. State of Andhra Pradesh (2012) 8 SCC 547
wherein the apex Court held that on the ground of much lapse of
time after incident - Courts cannot take lenient view in awarding
sentence on ground of sympathy or delay.
Section 401 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
Hazara Singh vs Raj Kumar & Ors on 18 April, 2013
He also place reliance
in the case of Hazara Singh vs. Raj Kumar and others (2013) 9
SCC 516 wherein apex Court held that Principles for sentencing-
proportionality-proportionality in sentencing-special reasons
must be assigned-undue sympathy for accused not justified-
rights of victim as well as society at large should be kept in view-
corrective and deterrence principles should be adopted on basis
of factual matrix-cardinal principle of sentencing policy is that
the sentence imposed on an offender should reflect the crime he
has committed-it should be proportionate to the gravity of
offence.
State Of U.P vs Sanjay Kumar on 21 August, 2012
He further placed reliance in the matter of State of Uttar
Pradesh vs. Sanjay Kumar (2012) 8 SCC 537 wherein apex
Court held that Sentencing Policy is a way to guide judicial
discretion in accomplishing particular sentencing. Generally, two
criteria, that is, the seriousness of the crime and the criminal
history of the accused, are used to prescribe punishment. Thus
the graver the offence and the longer the criminal record, the
more severe is the punishment to be awarded.
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