Corruption and Legal principles of Sentencing

Corruption and Legal principles of Sentencing

In Raj Bahadur Singh v. State of Uttarakhand [2026] GCtR 223 (SC), considering the circumstances namely, the accused was of the age of approximately 40 years at the time of offence in question and now, he is approximately 75 years of age; considering the material, particularly, order of Court dated 21.08.2012 whereby Court refused the accused exemption from surrendering, the surrender certificate dated 15.10.2012 whereby the accused surrendered and subsequently, the order of Court dated 07.01.2013 whereby the bail was granted to the accused , the accused was behind the bars for the period of approximately 2 months and 24 days. Considering these facts, Court was of the opinion that the sentence awarded by the Trial Court and upheld by the High Court can be modified to the extent of minimum sentence for the said offences namely, rigorous imprisonment of 6 months for the offence under Section 7 of P.C. Act and rigorous imprisonment of 1 year for the offence under Section 13(2) of P.C. Act. Accordingly, sentence was modified to rigorous imprisonment of 6 months for the offence under Section 7 of P.C. Act and rigorous imprisonment of 1 year for the offence under Section 13(2) of P.C. Act.