Since the accused couple believed that their daughter was already dead when they put her in the sea, the bench concluded that their act would not attract the offence under Section 299 of the IPC.
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 9 A Bangladesh national who was initially sentenced to death for killing his housemate, escaped the gallows after the charge preferred against him was amended to.
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal on Friday (Oct 6) affirmed the 20 years’ jail sentence on an unemployed man for causing the death of his three-year old niece who had 56 stab wounds on her body.
The court of additional sessions judge Jaibir Singh also imposed a fine of ₹25,000 on Sunny, who was held guilty under Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Indian Penal Code
In a disciplined force like Army, seniority is all important, the Supreme Court noted. There was every possibility that the dispute over seniority led to the soldier doing the act in a heated moment, the Court said.