Supreme Court Restores Minimum Sentence Under SC/ST Act: High Court Cannot Reduce Sentence Below Statutory Minimum. The Court held that the High Court erred in reducing the sentence of six months rigorous imprisonment to the period already undergone, as Section 3(1)(xi) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 prescribes a minimum sentence of six months.
8 Feb 2019The State of Madhya Pradesh appealed against the High Court's order reducing the sentence of the respondent, Vikram Das, convicted under Section 3(1)(...
