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Empress of India Vs. Megha

Empress of India vs Megha

Type Court Judgment Court Allahabad Decided Dec 31, 1969
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Citation
Court
Allahabad High Court
Judge
Decided On
Subject
Criminal

Case Summary

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Act XLV of 1860 (Penal Code), Section 75 Punishment. -

Key legal issue
Criminal

Parties & Advocates

Appellant / Petitioner

Empress of India

Respondent

Megha

Legal References

Reported In
(1875)ILR1All637

Excerpt

act xlv of 1860 (penal code), section 75 punishment. - turner, j.1. i am unable to support, the enhanced sentence passed by the judge under section 75. that section declares that if any person having been confided of any offence punishable under certain parts of the indian penal code, shall be guilty of any offence punishable under those parts of the code, he shall for every such subsequent offence be liable to the penalties therein declared. the section then prescribes enhanced punishments for particular offences committed after conviction of any one of such offences and not merely on a second conviction. in the present case it is shown that the appellant had, a few days before the trial of the present offence, been convicted, but it is not shown that he had been convicted of one of the offences mentioned in section 75, nor that he had been convicted of any offence before the commission of the offence for which he has received an enhanced sentence under section 75 of the indian penal code. i must: quash the sentence passed under section 379 and 75 of the code, and as the appellant has received the full punishment that could be awarded for an offence falling at the same time under sections 828 and 379 of the indian penal code, it is unnecessary to pass a sentence under section 379 of the indian penal code. the conviction and sentence under section 328 are affirmed and the appeal dismissed.

Full Judgment

Turner, J.

1. I am unable to support, the enhanced sentence passed by the Judge under Section 75. That section declares that if any person having been confided of any offence punishable under certain parts of the Indian Penal Code, shall be guilty of any offence punishable under those parts of the Code, he shall for every such subsequent offence be liable to the penalties therein declared. The section then prescribes enhanced punishments for particular offences committed after conviction of any one of such offences and not merely on a second conviction. In the present case it is shown that the appellant had, a few days before the trial of the present offence, been convicted, but it is not shown that he had been convicted of one of the offences mentioned in Section 75, nor that he had been convicted of any offence before the commission of the offence for which he has received an enhanced sentence under Section 75 of the Indian Penal Code. I must: quash the sentence passed under Section 379 and 75 of the Code, and as the appellant has received the full punishment that could be awarded for an offence falling at the same time under Sections 828 and 379 of the Indian Penal Code, it is unnecessary to pass a sentence under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code. The conviction and sentence under Section 328 are affirmed and the appeal dismissed.

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