Compensation Cannot Substitute Punishment; Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Order Reducing Sentence to ‘Period Undergone’ in Section 307 IPC Case

The Supreme Court of India has set aside a judgment of the Madras High Court that reduced the sentence of two convicts from three years of rigorous imprisonment to the period already undergone (two months) upon the payment of additional compensation. The Bench comprising Justice Vijay Bishnoi and Justice Rajesh Bindal observed that treating compensation

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