Recently, The Sikkim HC stated that the minimum sentence prescribed by the statute has to be imposed on the guilty and cannot be reduced by Appellate Court. The bench of Justices Meenakshi Madan Rai and Bhaskar Raj Pradhan was dealing with the appeal challenging the judgment passed by the Sessions Trial. In this case, The
Minimum Punishment Imposed by Trial Court Cannot be Reduced at Appellate Stage: Sikkim HC
