Recently, The Karnataka HC stated that when a statute prescribes a minimum sentence, the Court has no discretion to reduce the minimum sentence prescribed by the statute. The bench of Justice V. Srishananda stated that “since the statute has prescribed a minimum sentence of seven years for the offence punishable under Section 4 of the
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