"Downright bizarre": Supreme Court on High Court decision to award different jail terms to convicts for same offence

"The sentencing in this case, to put it mildly, is inexplicable (if not downright bizarre)," the Court said, upon noting that different jail terms had been awarded to various persons convicted for the same offence.

Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Dipankar Datta

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04 Jul 2023, 10:10 am

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The Supreme Court on Monday expressed surprise at a High Court decision to award different jail terms to various persons convicted for the same offence in a case, and having indistinguishable roles in the crime [Uggarsain v. State of Haryana and Others].

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