https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193484 Non-recovery of the firearm did not vitiate conviction where injured eyewitness accounts, medical evidence and pellet recovery from the scene consistently established use of the weapon; the conviction under Section 324 IPC was therefore upheld. On sentence, proportionality and mitigating circumstances required reduction because the injury was not grievous, there was no fracture, the incident was old, the parties were neighbours and there were no criminal antecedents. The rigorous imprisonment term was reduced from three years to one year, with compensation directed under Section 357(3) CrPC. The conviction stood, but the punishment was modified. en-us Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 01 Aug 2017 14:21:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193484 Non-recovery of the firearm did not vitiate conviction where injured eyewitness accounts, medical evidence and pellet recovery from the scene consistently established use of the weapon; the conviction under Section 324 IPC was therefore upheld. On sentence, proportionality and mitigating circumstances required reduction because the injury was not grievous, there was no fracture, the incident was old, the parties were neighbours and there were no criminal antecedents. The rigorous imprisonment term was reduced from three years to one year, with compensation directed under Section 357(3) CrPC. The conviction stood, but the punishment was modified. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193484