https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305875 An appellate court may enhance a criminal sentence only for strong, clearly stated reasons and where the trial court's sentence is manifestly inadequate. In this matter, the Supreme Court found that the Sessions Court had already imposed a substantial sentence and that the High Court had relied on a factual assessment that did not properly account for discrepancies in the prosecution evidence or the trial court's balanced view. As no sufficient basis existed to treat the original sentence as inadequate, the enhancement was held unjustified and the sentence imposed by the Sessions Court was restored. en-us Tue, 14 Mar 1972 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 28 Dec 2022 10:18:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305875 An appellate court may enhance a criminal sentence only for strong, clearly stated reasons and where the trial court's sentence is manifestly inadequate. In this matter, the Supreme Court found that the Sessions Court had already imposed a substantial sentence and that the High Court had relied on a factual assessment that did not properly account for discrepancies in the prosecution evidence or the trial court's balanced view. As no sufficient basis existed to treat the original sentence as inadequate, the enhancement was held unjustified and the sentence imposed by the Sessions Court was restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 14 Mar 1972 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305875