{"id":17113,"date":"1979-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1979-02-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/gurdeep-singh-vs-state-of-rajasthan-on-16-february-1979"},"modified":"2018-06-19T17:03:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T11:33:13","slug":"gurdeep-singh-vs-state-of-rajasthan-on-16-february-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/gurdeep-singh-vs-state-of-rajasthan-on-16-february-1979","title":{"rendered":"Gurdeep Singh vs State Of Rajasthan on 16 February, 1979"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Gurdeep Singh vs State Of Rajasthan on 16 February, 1979<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: AIR 1979 SC 1432, 1980 Supp (1) SCC 432, 1979 (11) UJ 355 SC, 1979 WLN 112<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: S M Ali<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: A Koshal, S M Ali<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>S. Murtaza Fazal Ali, J.<\/p>\n<p>1. In this appeal by special leave, the appellant has been convicted under Section 326 IPC and sentenced to three years R.L and fins of Rs. 500\/ and in default of payment thereof to further urdergo rigorous imprisonment for three months. He has been farther convicted under Section 27 of the Arms Act and Sentenced to undergo imprisonment for one year. Both the substantive sentences have been directed to run concurrently. We have heard learned Counsel for the parties and we do not find any error of law in the judgment of the High Court. The case depends purely on appreciation of evidence and he courts below have accepted the prosecution story. Mr. Mookherjee appearing for the appellant submitted that a lenient view on the question ot sentence may be taken in view of the animus between the parties. The nature of the injury shows that both hands of the victim were almost maimed by the shots fired by the appellant. In these circumstances we do not think that there is any room for reduction in the sentence. The appeal is without any merit and is accordingly dismissed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Gurdeep Singh vs State Of Rajasthan on 16 February, 1979 Equivalent citations: AIR 1979 SC 1432, 1980 Supp (1) SCC 432, 1979 (11) UJ 355 SC, 1979 WLN 112 Author: S M Ali Bench: A Koshal, S M Ali JUDGMENT S. Murtaza Fazal Ali, J. 1. 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