1981 JTR(SC) 380
1981 AIR(SC) 1776 ; 1982 CriLR 563 ; 1981 CrLJ 1282 ; 1981 3 SCC 90 ; 1981 SCC(Cri) 648 ; 1982 SCC(Cri) 470 ; 1981 KHC 883
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, CJI., E.S. VENKATARAMIAH, J.
Radharani, Appellant
Versus
The State of M.P., Respondent.
Criminal Appeal No. 643 of 1981, D/-14-8-1981.
Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Section 307 and 309 – Criminal Trial - Attempt to commit suicide - A desolate woman jumped into a well with her two children - She was charged under Sections 307 and 309 of Penal Code. She has been released on admonition 1777 for offence under Section 309 of Penal Code and has been sentenced to imprisonment for three months - Held, COurt see no valid reason for making this distinction and therefore direct that she shall be released on admonition for offence under Section 307 also - She need not surrender to her bail - Order accordingly.
Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Section 307 and 309 – Criminal Trial - Attempt to commit suicide - A desolate woman jumped into a well with her two children - She was charged under Sections 307 and 309 of Penal Code. She has been released on admonition 1777 for offence under Section 309 of Penal Code and has been sentenced to imprisonment for three months - Held, COurt see no valid reason for making this distinction and therefore direct that she shall be released on admonition for offence under Section 307 also - She need not surrender to her bail - Order accordingly.
Judgment
ORDER:- Heard counsel. Special leave granted.
The circumstances of the case are very sad and touching. A desolate woman jumped into a well with her two children. She was charged under Sections 307 and 309 of the Penal Code. She has been released on admonition 1777 for the offence under Section 309 of the Penal Code and has been sentenced to imprisonment for three months for the offence- under Section 307. We see no valid reason for making this distinction and therefore direct that she shall be released on admonition for the offence under Section 307 also. She need not surrender to her bail.
Order accordingly.
For Citation : AIR 1981 SC 1776 (2)