Raghumunda Satya Narayana Vs. State of A.P.
EmailAppeal: Criminal Appeal No. 23 of 2000
(Arising out of S.L.P. (Crl.) No. 2086 of 1999)
(Arising out of S.L.P. (Crl.) No. 2086 of 1999)
Petitioner: Raghumunda Satya Narayana
Respondent: State of A.P.
Apeal: Criminal Appeal No. 23 of 2000
(Arising out of S.L.P. (Crl.) No. 2086 of 1999)
(Arising out of S.L.P. (Crl.) No. 2086 of 1999)
Judges: K.T. THOMAS & M.B. SHAH, JJ.
Date of Judgment: Jan 10, 2000
Head Note:
CRIMINAL LAW
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section 498 A – Cruelty by husband – Husband convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment – Period reduced by High Court on revision – During pendency of further appeal wife filing affidavit about the amicable settlement and her desire to have a peaceful life with husband and seeking reduction of the sentence to enable them to have such peaceful life. Held that In view of subsequent developments sentence ordered to be reduced to the period of imprisonment already undergone as being sufficient for the offence.
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section 498 A – Cruelty by husband – Husband convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment – Period reduced by High Court on revision – During pendency of further appeal wife filing affidavit about the amicable settlement and her desire to have a peaceful life with husband and seeking reduction of the sentence to enable them to have such peaceful life. Held that In view of subsequent developments sentence ordered to be reduced to the period of imprisonment already undergone as being sufficient for the offence.
JUDGEMENT:
ORDER
1. Leave granted.
2. In this case appellant was convicted under Section 498A of the India Penal Code and was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for one year. He filed an appeal which was dismissed and the High Court in Revision reduced the sentence to imprisonment for 6 months.
3. When this appeal was pending for special leave the warring spouses came to terms. An affidavit has been sworn to by the aggrieved wife in which she said that she had come to terms with her husband and would prefer to have a peaceful life with him and expressed the apprehension that if the sentence is to be undergone by him for the remaining period the expected peace would elude the cou-ple.
4.We too feel that in view of the subsequent developments the sentence already undergone by the appellant can be treated as sufficient for the offence found against him. In the result we reduce the sen-tence to the period already undergone by the appellant.
5.This appeal is accordingly disposed of.
1. Leave granted.
2. In this case appellant was convicted under Section 498A of the India Penal Code and was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for one year. He filed an appeal which was dismissed and the High Court in Revision reduced the sentence to imprisonment for 6 months.
3. When this appeal was pending for special leave the warring spouses came to terms. An affidavit has been sworn to by the aggrieved wife in which she said that she had come to terms with her husband and would prefer to have a peaceful life with him and expressed the apprehension that if the sentence is to be undergone by him for the remaining period the expected peace would elude the cou-ple.
4.We too feel that in view of the subsequent developments the sentence already undergone by the appellant can be treated as sufficient for the offence found against him. In the result we reduce the sen-tence to the period already undergone by the appellant.
5.This appeal is accordingly disposed of.
