2024 INSC 950
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NON-REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. _________ of 2024
(@ Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No. 16486 of 2023)
MUTHUPANDI APPELLANT(s)
VERSUS
STATE
THROUGH THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE,
NILAKOTTAI STATION, DINDIGUL RESPONDENT(s)
J U D G M E N T
K.V. Viswanathan, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. The present appeal calls in question the correctness of the
judgment and order dated 05.06.2023 passed by the Madurai
Bench of Madras High Court in Crl. R.C. (MD) No. 583 of 2018.
The appellant stands convicted for offences punishable under
Section 279 and 304(A) of the Indian Penal Code (for short
‘IPC’). The Judicial Magistrate, Nilakottai under Section 279
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IPC sentenced the appellant by imposing a fine of Rs. 1000/-. For
the offence under Section 304(A) of IPC, a sentence of one-year
simple imprisonment along with fine of Rs. 5,000/- was imposed.
Appropriate default sentences were also imposed. Aggrieved, the
appellant challenged his conviction and sentence before the
Additional Sessions Judge, Dindigul who confirmed the
conviction and sentence imposed by the trial court. On further
revision, the High Court, while maintaining the conviction,
modified the sentence to that of three months simple
imprisonment.
3. When the matter came up on 06.10.2023, the learned Judge
in Chambers...