{"id":36165,"date":"2001-07-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-07-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/iqbal-vs-state-on-24-july-2001"},"modified":"2017-10-29T03:30:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T22:00:47","slug":"iqbal-vs-state-on-24-july-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/iqbal-vs-state-on-24-july-2001","title":{"rendered":"Iqbal vs State on 24 July, 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Delhi High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Iqbal vs State on 24 July, 2001<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 2001 (60) DRJ 451<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: R Sodhi<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: R Sodhi<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p> R.S. Sodhi, J. <\/p>\n<p> 1. This criminal appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 26.8.1992 of the learned Additional Sessions Judge in Sessions Case No. 159\/88 whereby the learned Additional Sessions Judge held the appellant guilty under Section 354 IPC and further by his order dated 31.8.1992 sentenced the appellant-accused to undergo R.I. for two years with a fine of Rs. 5,000\/- and in default of payment of fine to further undergo S.I. for two months.\n<\/p>\n<p> 2. The learned counsel for the appellant, at the outset, does not challenge the Order of conviction but confines his arguments to the question of sentence only. He submits that the sentence undergone would suffice for the reasons that the case relates to 4.7.1987 and the appellant has already undergone some time in custody. He has undergone the ordeal of trial for nearly 14 years. He submits that the appellant is not a previous convict and has by now assimilated in the mainstream of society as a useful citizen. Therefore, no useful purpose would be served in requiring him to undergo the remaining portion of his sentence at this belated stage. Learned counsel for the State has no objection if the sentence of the appellant is reduced to that already undergone.\n<\/p>\n<p> 3. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and having perused the material on record, I am of the opinion that the order of conviction cannot be faulted with but sentence can be reduced. In this view of the matter, while upholding the order of conviction, I reduce the sentence to that already undergone.\n<\/p>\n<p> 4. Crl.A.185 of 1992 is disposed of.\n<\/p>\n<p> 5. The appellant be set at liberty forthwith, if not wanted in any other case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi High Court Iqbal vs State on 24 July, 2001 Equivalent citations: 2001 (60) DRJ 451 Author: R Sodhi Bench: R Sodhi JUDGMENT R.S. Sodhi, J. 1. This criminal appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 26.8.1992 of the learned Additional Sessions Judge in Sessions Case No. 159\/88 whereby the learned Additional Sessions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-delhi-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iqbal vs State on 24 July, 2001 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/iqbal-vs-state-on-24-july-2001\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iqbal vs State on 24 July, 2001 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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