Supreme Court of India · 2012-03-12
Labh Singh & Ors vs State Of Haryana & Anr
- Citation / case number
- AIRONLINE 2012 SC 478
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Labh Singh & Ors
- Respondent
- State Of Haryana & Anr
- Bench
- Dipak Misra, Dalveer Bhandari
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court modified the High Court's judgment regarding the appellants' sentence, considering their advanced ages of 82, 72, and 62 years, and the 27-year delay since the incident in 1985. The Court held that sending them to jail would not serve the ends of justice and instead directed each appellant to pay Rs. 1 lakh to the complainant/injured persons, to be deposited within two weeks. The sentence was reduced to the period already undergone, and the appeal was partly allowed.