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Sikkim HC: Can’t Reduce Sentence if Trial Court Awarded Minimum Punishment Prescribed by Statute - (06 Dec 2022)

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Sikkim High Court has held that minimum sentence prescribed by the statute has to be imposed on the guilty and it cannot be reduced by the Appellate Court. It was observed that when the legislature has prescribed minimum sentence without discretion, the same cannot be reduced by the courts.

Tags : SIKKIM HIGH COURT   MINIMUM SENTENCE   APPELLATE COURT  

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