Latest Judgment Govindan vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE Appeal (Crl.)1665 of 2021
New Delhi :- JUDGMENT OVERVIEW
COURT : Supreme Court of India (Division Bench (DB)- Two Judge)
JUDGMENT NAME : Govindan vs. STATE REPRESENTED BY THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE Appeal (Crl.), 1665 of 2021,
JUDGMENT DATE : Dec 17, 2021
RELATED SECTIONS : INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
Section 302 – Punishment for murder
Section 307 – Attempt to murder
IMPORTANT PARAGRAPH :
SUBHASH REDDY,J.
- Leave granted.
- This Appeal is preferred by the sole appellant
in Criminal Appeal No.179 of 2015 filed before the
High Court of Judicature at Madras, aggrieved by the
judgment and order dated 16.08.2019.
- By the aforesaid judgment, the High Court has
confirmed the conviction of the appellant/accused
no.1 in Sessions Case No.42 of 2011 on the file of
the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Dharmapuri by
which, the appellant was convicted for offence under
Section 304(ii) of IPC and sentenced to undergo
rigorous imprisonment for ten years and to pay a
fine of Rs.5,000/- in default to undergo three
months rigorous imprisonment.
- For the aforesaid reasons, while confirming the
conviction for offence under Section 304(ii) of the
IPC, we modify the sentence to two years’ rigorous
imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/-, in
default to undergo three (03) months’ rigorous
imprisonment.
- The Appeal is allowed in part, to the extent as
indicated above.
GOVINDAN
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