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Gopal Singh vs State Of Uttarakhand on 8 February, 2013

It would be useful to rely on the observations of this Court in Gopal Singh v. State of Uttarakhand [(2013) 7 SCC 545] that just punishment is the collective cry of the society and while collective cry has to be kept uppermost in mind, simultaneously the principle of proportionality between the crime and punishment cannot be totally brushed aside. Thus, the principle of just punishment is the bedrock of sentencing in respect of a criminal offence. No doubt there cannot be a straitjacket formula nor a solvable theory in mathematical exactitude. An offender cannot be allowed to be treated with leniency solely on the ground of discretion vested in a court.
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