Supreme Court Partly Allows Appeal in Section 307 IPC Case and Reduces Sentence Based on Genuine Compromise. The Court upheld conviction under Section 307 IPC but reduced imprisonment from 10 to 5 years considering the amicable settlement between parties, absence of minimum prescribed sentence, and precedents allowing sentence reduction in non-compoundable offences.
13 Sep 2021The Supreme Court heard a criminal appeal arising from a conviction under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code. The appellant had been convicted by th...




