RAHMAN vs STATE OF KERALA — Crl.A. No. 701/2014

Case Summary: Rahman v. State of Kerala Rahman's criminal appeal challenging his six-month imprisonment sentence for theft (IPC Sections 457, 380, 34) was allowed and modified on 28 March 2014. The Supreme Court reduced the sentence to time already served (~one month) plus a ₹10,000 fine (with three-month imprisonment as default), citing the 20+ year delay in appeals/revision, amicable settlement with the complainant, no criminal record, and appellant's restitution of stolen goods worth ₹7,610. The appeal was disposed of with these modifications. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.