1981 JTR(SC) 149
1982 AIR(SC) 64 ; 1982 3 SCC 227 ; 1982 KHC 530
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
P.N. BHAGWATI AND A. VARADARAJAN, JJ.
Jora and another, Appellants
Versus
State of M.P., Respondent.
Criminal Appeal No. 246 of 1981
Decided on 6-3-1981.
Act Referred :INDIAN PENAL CODE : S.303, S.302
Criminal Appeal – Convicted - Present case and particularly in view of fact that Jora is about 76 years old and he was not guilty of any overt act in strangulating deceased Jagrant and he had been in jail for about 19 months, it will meet ends of justice - Held, We accordingly allow appeal so far as Jora is concerned and reduce the sentence imposed on him to that already undergone and direct that he be set at liberty forthwith - Appeal allowed.
Criminal Appeal – Convicted - Present case and particularly in view of fact that Jora is about 76 years old and he was not guilty of any overt act in strangulating deceased Jagrant and he had been in jail for about 19 months, it will meet ends of justice - Held, We accordingly allow appeal so far as Jora is concerned and reduce the sentence imposed on him to that already undergone and direct that he be set at liberty forthwith - Appeal allowed.
JUDGMENT :— Special leave granted to Jora.
2. We think that having regard to the peculiar facts and circumstances of the present case and particularly in view of the fact that Jora is about 76 years old and he was not guilty of any overt act in strangulating the deceased Jagrant and he had been in jail for about 19 months, it will meet the ends of justice, if the sentence imposed on Jora is reduced to that already undergone by him. We accordingly allow the appeal so far as Jora is concerned and reduce the sentence imposed on him to that already undergone and direct that he be set at liberty forthwith.
Appeal allowed.
For Citation : AIR 1982 SC 64