HARBANS SINGH versus STATE OF PUNJAB
Reduction of sentence to that already undergone by the High Court was impermissible as no valid 'special reasons' were recorded; misplaced sympathy is unsustainable in law.
- Parties
- Petitioner: Harbans Singh; Respondent: State of Punjab
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Judgment Date
- 25 July 1984
- Procedural Posture
- Special Leave Petition (criminal) / Petition Dismissed
- Outcome
- Petition dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Sentencing, Prevention of Corruption
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Parties
Harbans Singh
Petitioner
State of Punjab
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Special Leave Petition (criminal) / Petition Dismissed
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the High Court's reduction of sentence to that already undergone is valid under Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947
Ratio Decidendi
Reduction of sentence to that already undergone by the High Court was impermissible as no valid 'special reasons' were recorded; misplaced sympathy is unsustainable in law.
Court Disposition
Petition dismissed
Orders
- Special Leave Petition rejected.
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