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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.310 OF 2024 [ARISING FROM SLP (CRL.) NO.5271/2020]
MUHAMMED KUNHI APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
P.P. BABY & ANR. RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
Leave granted.
2. Nobody is present on behalf of the
complainant/respondent No.1 despite service of
notice.
3. We have heard learned counsel for the
appellant and perused the relevant material.
4. The Trial Court has convicted the
appellant and sentenced him to undergo
imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay
a fine of Rs.3,00,000/- with default clause.
5. In appeal, the appellate Court, while
confirming the conviction and fine amount, reduced
the sentence and awarded it as till rising of the
Court.
6. Pursuant to the interim orders passed by
this Court, the appellant has deposited the amount
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of fine of Rs.3,00,000/- on 05.03.2020 before the
Trial Court.
7. Learned counsel for the appellant submits
that the appellant is a lawyer and the sentence of
till the rising of the Court may also be set aside
as the appellant has already deposited the amount
of fine.
8. Considering the facts and circumstances
of the case and also the fact that the appellant
has deposited the amount of fine, although without
any interest, we feel that it would be in the
interest of justice if the sentence of till the
rising of the C...