Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Penal Code 1860 - ss. 326 and 448 - Acid attack on a |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 326 and 448 - Acid attack on a young girl by the boy trespassing into the girl's house - Due to non acceptance of boy's proposal for marriage - Disfiguration of some part of the body due to acid attack - Conviction of the boy u/ss. 326 and 448 and sentenced to one year RI with fine - High Court modified the sentence to the period already undergone, that is 30 days - On appeal, held: Acid attack on a young girl is an uncivilized and heartless crime committed by the accused - Crime of this nature does not deserve any kind of clemency - There is medical evidence that there was an acid attack on the young girl and the circumstances proved by cogent evidence and the conviction was upheld, there was no justification to reduce the sentence to the period already undergone - It cannot be understood whether the judge was guided by some unknown notion of mercy or remained oblivious of the precedents relating to sentence or not careful about the expectation of the collective from the court, for the society at large eagerly waits for justice to be done in accordance with law - Sentence imposed by the High Court is set aside and that of the trial court is restored - As regards compensation, accused to pay "ยท" compensation of Rs.50,000/- and the State to pay a compensation of Rs. 3 lakhs - Acid Attack. |
Judge | Honble Mr. Justice Dipak Misra |
Neutral Citation | 2017 INSC 181 |
Petitioner | Ravada Sasikala |
Respondent | State Of Andhra Pradesh & Anr. |
SCR | [2017] 2 S.C.R. 379 |
Judgement Date | 2017-02-27 |
Case Number | 406-407 |
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