minimum sentence prescribed for the
offence of rape under Section 376 IPC. The discretion in
passing lesser sentence than the minimum sentence
prescribed under ... liable to be reduced to period already
undergone. Replying the same in affirmative, the Apex
Court reduced the period of sentence imposed upon the
appellant
impose a
sentence of imprisonment for a term which may be less than six months.
Therefore, sentence of the appellant can be reduced to sentence ... reduction of sentence is made
out particularly when the appellant has undergone only seven days sentence
out of six months sentence imposed
wipe out the remitted portion of the sentence altogether
it means that the sentence is reduced to the period already
undergone and the order ... look to the amount of sentence
imposed on a person and it made no difference whether the
sentence was reduced by a court
that on the facts and circumstances
stated above, this Court should reduce the sentence in this case
imposed on the appellant to the period already ... considered whether or not the proviso should
be invoked to reduce the sentence to less than the minimum sentence
in cases of rape
Sarin, J.) in Sheikh Falsar Vs. State
(Crl.A.154/2005) reduced the sentence from life imprisonment to 10 years
though the victim had suffered ... view that ends of justice would be met with the appellant sentence
reduced to 10 years of actual sentence without remission together with fine
sentence
of imprisonment or impose a sentence of imprisonment of less than one year.
Though the proviso permits not to impose a sentence of imprisonment ... sentence undergone by the accused were mitigating factors in determining
the quantum of sentence:
“8. The alternative submission relates to the harshness of sentence
High Court dated 13.12.2011
passed in CRLA No. 898 of 2007, reducing the sentence awarded by the trial
Court from three years Rigorous Imprisonment with ... sentence of about 20 to 50 days or 211 days in the case of accused Ummed
Singh, would be an adequate sentence. Sentence already undergone
finding, maintaining the sentence, or with or without altering the finding reduce the sentence. It has been argued by learned Counsel for the Crown that ... reduce the sentence. In either of these cases there must be a sentence which may be either maintained or reduced. A sentence can be passed
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Natarajan
Date: 2022.04.08
IPC , has reduced the sentence from three years rigorous imprisonment
16:48:58 IST
Reason ... which the respondents did not challenge their conviction but prayed to
reduce the sentence so far as the accused Banwari Lal is concerned
only to the question of
sentence.
In the High Court it was argued that the sentence should be
reduced to life imprisonment because, the appellant ... show against the reduction of sentence. In
Piare Dusadh & others v. Emperor (1) the sentence of death
was reduced to one of transportation
