STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH versus S.R. RANGADAMAPPA
Court cannot reduce sentence to less than the statutory minimum prescribed when the law provides no exceptions or discretion.
- Parties
- Petitioner: State of Andhra Pradesh; Respondent: S.R. Rangadamappa
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Judgment Date
- 01 October 1982
- Procedural Posture
- Special Leave Petition (criminal) / Petition Dismissed
- Outcome
- petition dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Statutory Minimum Sentence, Judicial Discretion, Sentencing Under Andhra Pradesh Excise Act
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Parties
State of Andhra Pradesh
Petitioner
S.R. Rangadamappa
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Special Leave Petition (criminal) / Petition Dismissed
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether a court can reduce the sentence below the minimum prescribed when statute specifies minimum sentence and provides no exceptions or discretion
Ratio Decidendi
Court cannot reduce sentence to less than the statutory minimum prescribed when the law provides no exceptions or discretion.
Court Disposition
petition dismissed
Orders
- Petition dismissed with observations correcting the error in reducing sentence below minimum.
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