SHANKER DEV . vs STATE OF U.P. — Crl.A. No. 306/2004

Summary of Crl.A. No. 306/2004 (Shanker Dev v. State of U.P.) On 30 September 2010, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal with modification. The Court reduced the imprisonment sentence from five years to one year for appellants Shanker Dev (age 88) and Shiv Ram (age 70), while maintaining other sentence components. The appellants' bail bonds were cancelled. The Court considered their advanced ages, six months already served, and 34 years elapsed since the 1976 incident in granting the reduction. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.