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Gujarat High Court Modifies Sentence in Section 138 NI Act Conviction, Reduces Sentence to Period Already Undergone. Revisional Court Cannot Reappreciate Evidence Unless Perverse, But Sentence Can Be Modified in Interest of Justice.

The present judgment arises out of two criminal revision applications filed by the accused, Jamsinghbhai Laxmanbhai Makwana, challenging his convictio...

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Madras High Court Allows Writ Petition of Life Convict Seeking Premature Release Under Remission Policy. Government Order Rejecting Release Quashed for Non-Application of Mind as Appellate Court Had Set Aside Direction for Imprisonment for Rest of Life.

The petitioner, M.Veeran @ Venkatesan, a life convict, was convicted under Section 302 IPC (two counts) for the murder of his wife and relative. The t...

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"Conviction Under Section 302 IPC Modified to Section 304 Part I IPC – Benefit of Doubt Granted" "Lack of premeditation and evidence of sudden provocation results in reduced sentence from murder to culpable homicide not amounting to murder."

  Conviction and Sentence:The appellant was initially convicted under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for murder and sentenced to lif...

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Supreme Court Modifies Sentence after 17 Years of Incarceration" "Justice tempered with mercy: An examination of evidence, discrepancies, and the possibility of reformation"

The Supreme Court of India partially allowed the appeal by Appellant, modifying his life sentence to the period already served, citing his good conduc...

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Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Order Reducing Sentence on Payment of Compensation in IPC Conviction Case. Compensation under Section 357 CrPC Cannot Be Used to Substitute Substantive Sentence of Imprisonment.

The appellant, the original first informant (complainant), lodged an FIR against five accused persons for offences under the Indian Penal Code and the...

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Supreme Court Allows Employee in Service Law Dispute Over Denial of Salary for Suspension Period. Appellate Authority's Order Treating Suspension Period as Dies Non After Setting Aside Removal Found Impermissible Under Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970.

The dispute involved an employee appointed as a Clerk in the State Transport Department in 1979, who faced criminal cases leading to suspension and re...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Modification of Judgment in State Appeal Due to Death of Respondent Not Brought on Record. Appeals Restored for Fresh Disposal After Bringing Legal Representatives on Record.

The State of Karnataka filed two criminal appeals against the judgment of the Principal Sessions Judge, Mysore, in S.C. No. 9/99. Criminal Appeal No. ...

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Bombay High Court Partially Allows Conviction Appeal and Dismisses State Appeal in Murder Case Based on Unlawful Assembly and Common Object. Conviction under Section 302 IPC read with Section 149 IPC upheld for some accused while others acquitted due to lack of overt acts and inconsistencies in evidence.

The case arises from an incident on the night of 23rd July 1987 at Bhairewadi, Kurundwad, where an assault took place resulting in the death of Sakhar...