DHARAMVIR vs STATE OF HARYANA — Crl.A. No. 2/2005

Summary: Crl.A. No. 2/2005 — Dharamvir v. State of Haryana On May 14, 2012, the Supreme Court disposed of Dharamvir's criminal appeal by reducing his sentence to time already served. Dharamvir was convicted under IPC Section 394 (dacoity) by trial court and maintained by High Court at 7 years imprisonment, though the High Court acquitted him of Section 397 charges. Considering the incident occurred in 1988 (24 years prior), that Dharamvir had served approximately 2 of 7 years and remained on bail for an extended period, the Court found no fruitful purpose in further imprisonment and reduced the sentence accordingly. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.