Supreme CourtDivision Bench

Chitranjan Dass vs State of U.P.

Supreme Court Of India · Decided on 13 December 1973 · Citation: AIR 1974 SC 2352 : (1975) CriLJ 30 : (1974) 4 SCC 454 : (1974) SCC(Cri) 490

HON’BLE JUDGES
Y. V. Chandrachud, J · M. Hameedullah Beg, J
RESULT
Allowed
CASE NUMBER
Criminal Appeal No. 247 of 1973
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M.H. Beg and Y.V. Chandrachud, JJ.—In view of the material which has been placed before us indicating that the appellant, a highly educated and cultured individual, was suffering from mental aberration when he committed the offence of sodomy, and that, as a result of this conviction, he will suffer loss of service and other serious consequences to his career, we confirm the conviction but reduce the sentence to the period already undergone which is said to be more than two months. The appellant, who is in jail, shall be released forthwith.