https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=424196 Evidence and trial statements were found sufficient to sustain conviction under Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act, so the finding of guilt was affirmed. However, the Court also considered the long lapse of about 23 years since the occurrence and the absence of criminal antecedents, and treated those factors as relevant to sentence mitigation. The conviction was maintained, but the sentence was reduced to simple imprisonment for one year, with the fine already imposed retained and the default sentence modified accordingly. en-us Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:59:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=424196 Evidence and trial statements were found sufficient to sustain conviction under Section 55(a) of the Abkari Act, so the finding of guilt was affirmed. However, the Court also considered the long lapse of about 23 years since the occurrence and the absence of criminal antecedents, and treated those factors as relevant to sentence mitigation. The conviction was maintained, but the sentence was reduced to simple imprisonment for one year, with the fine already imposed retained and the default sentence modified accordingly. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=424196