K.K.SREEDHARAN & ORS. v. STATE OF KERALA [2011] INSC 903 (21 July 2011)

Judgement

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1374 OF 2004

K.K. SREEDHARAN & ORS. ..... APPELLANTS

VERSUS

STATE OF KERALA

O R D E R

We have heard Mr. Roy Abraham learned counsel for the appellant as also Mr. P.S. Sudheer, learned counsel for the complainant. The parties have filed a compromise petition in this court under Section 320 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. We, however, find that the complainant has been convicted under Sections 143, 147, 447, 342 and 427 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code and that but for the offences under Sections 143 and 147, all the other offences are compoundable. In the light of the fact that the parties have compromised their dispute we reduce the sentence of the appellants to that already undergone. With this modification in the sentence, the appeal is dismissed. The appellants are on bail. Their bail bonds shall stand discharged.

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[HARJIT SINGH BEDI]

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[GYAN SUDHA MISRA]

NEW DELHI JULY 21, 2011.