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G. P. MATHUR, P. K. BALASUBRAMANYAN, R. C. LAHOTI
State Of M. P. – Appellant
Versus
Dayanand Dohar – Respondent
Judgment
G.P. Mathur, J.—1. Leave granted.
2. This appeal has been preferred by the State of M.P. against the judgment and order dated 22.7.2003 of Justice N.S. Azad of M.P. High Court in Crl. Appeal No. 103 of 2001.
4. The trial Court convicted the accused under Section 376 I.P.C. and Section 3(1)(xi) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and sentenced him to 7 years R.I. under the first count and 1 year R.I. under the second count. The High Court partly allowed the appeal and while upholding the conviction of the accused on various counts reduced the sentence to the period already undergone which is nearly 3 months.
4. Learned counsel for the appellant has submitted that the sentence imposed by the High Court is wholly inadequate looking to the nature of the offence and is contrary to the minimum prescribed by law.
5. Sub-section (1) of Section 376 I.P.C. provides that whoever, except in the cases provided for by sub-section (2), commits rape shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than 7 years but which may be for life or for a term which may extend to 10 years and shall also be liable to fine. In the category of cases covere
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