KURIAN JOSEPH, ARUN MISHRA
Jasbir Singh – Appellant
Versus
Tara Singh – Respondent
Judgment
Kurian, J.
Leave granted.
2. The de facto complainant has come up in appeal aggrieved by the alleged lenient view taken by the High Court in the impugned judgment with regard to the sentence.
3. The party-respondents were tried under Sections 466, 467, 468, 471, 120B of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) (hereinafter referred to as ‘IPC’) for having committed a serious offence of forgery of documents in order to grab the property of one Harbans Singh. The trial court imposed the following sentence:
| “Name of Accused | Section | R.I. Fine (Rs.) | In Default |
| Partapa | 466 IPC | 2 years 500/- | One month |
| Tara Singh | 466/120-B | 1 year 500/- | One month |
| 467 IPC | 3 years 1000/- | Two months | |
| 468 IPC | 3 years 1000/- | Two months | |
| 471 IPC | 2 years 500/- | One months | |
| Bhajan Singh | 467 IPC | 3 years 1000/- | Two months |
| 468 IPC | 3 years 1000/- | Two months | |
| Charan Dass | 467 IPC | 3 years 1000/- | Two months |
| 468 IPC | 3 years 1000/- | Two months | |
| Dalbir Singh | 467 IPC | 3 years 1000/- | Two months |
| 468 IPC | 3 years |
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