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1'( (1 c IN 'R TIR CQW?T OF ThAZAVIJ AT £RUJHA A-IMt.AU JUU .LCT1OI ;iAL Nt.. 291 O 1971 OflQ!Lth CAU*I1AL CAZI )O. 61 O' 1911 P1 CO11i1T 0? 1ILNO JIaAC!I UP Before L.. Thames taqv i, District 1wgiatrat. versus Ik RP1JUC CHARM Att•mtsd defilemant of a girl anderthe ee of twelve yearn onntrery to cectlone 136 (136) and 38 of the Penal Cod•. j U .i OM 4 rq' K4m!4., *g. 3. - The appollant wan convIcted of atteapting to d.f Lie a • irl under twelve years of age. The svdenoe a;aIet his wan so ntrong *bat his conviction was 'ust a setter of course. Us wan a.nteøed to two and a half years and ordered to suffer 12 otrokea of the oan. 11* to appealing a gainot anvotion and nsne1o*. As has been pointed eu.t already, the oppUs.t oonviotion was i.nsvltabi* under 'the oirouae-tnncea. 'there appears to be em# merit in the appeal eg* net sentence, hou*verp In Lponing wb*t is a very Otiff sentence, the learned trial magistrate gavø the reason that the off*no use rio*a. That may have been so, but the rxouanane wan not each that it could warrt the imponitAon of two an& half yearn and twelve strokes. The ooplMnant anffered no injury or material lose. The oarloazzoas of the offenoo is only from a coral point of view. One is left wtb the ispression %at the laare& asgistrate awarded such a vindicUvely severe sntanoe becane he was msornUy disguetedo it has of ten been pointed out that a court of law should not he so carried sway by soral IndiStation an to ignore ether relevant conoiderutic3 an epears -to have hapened iii tbtm case. The order for cerporal punish- ment wan pertou1ar1y bad at a time wbe* ucoi.ty in e.arobthg its neal for the juutificaflcn of such punishment. One oon*id.ra4ioi the courts ought to bear in mind is th a t uentenoa metad oat oakt to have ooa* b.aring on the ou.rrent thou.hta of the society. IL would therefore be unfair for the upe1iant to iewe the santeaics undisturbed. Accordingly the sentence impoued by the trial court is hereby net saids and in nubo ti- tution iberefar, the a. eilant is aeitenoed to nin* months iapri.00nment. The corporal puni*hont orIer in also est nids. Aroeha - J Uj jam -. - ic • ZU JE A • 1fl)tAL k *L Mt; 9 9I e. 61 0? I71 .$ TAP X1IIVT OUft 3RAG UrOrt L. Phcn. Dttot ARgiStr AtS OAAAC~nl XURI RJL1O td t.afI f a girl Und er- the i of tw.vo yeara aontrory to cton 36 (U6) t! 38 or tb. P4*. Code, n q - je ?& sppUint wto of tptIng to ;i1 UUtiI ttielVO 4Vfl The *o str ons £bt 1rth oonv io-tion was •$si * ttir of c*. )3e o two *i8 a h4t, ye arnand or8 to Oultr*r 12, rke tb iP arp.a1ing thwt vcton nd *tc* bIfl PoUted eat £1r&7 *1&)t. itwvItOU wt t1m Mr to bi * sit in hWt evz*, 1n Lping i4tt • tri*i oulatr a te that tM off*I *s b son loop bit the *t wwh tbt t would varrtut m 'twoPmd iLf 'teiv* a trokvu lb 1ti*nt tto' no :Injary Aer s*r11 'th* fa is 4nity frorn * iord poiit tf, vi*tfto 118 laft w ith that th* 1.*4 øj*tratf wded oh * iuiotiv*i7 ievra bao a asa he cAUj It A*i owt Oat a oOLt2't of lavo shott :14zut b ar*1 i nt.144nation 04 tOj iKAOrOO'tb roi&n t4 h$V th t1•* Oe The for pr *nt was pateu1G1 b1 at Lto godl for ths Uc f *oh unt. etion tho, cout its tht ttC* *itd c1 oai to keva i,ia tho eu?eM tu of •oLtr. !t #ou4 tierThte b e unf&r for thw appell awt to iev ** etosndi*to*&. AccL1j i) ntr&o* tipou*d by t court Ilw Mb t 1e tt4tm trefor, 'to * in mon t1 otnL a opo.ro1 punishmon.% oWr ta* so t *ftI. /) I Jam