https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42555 An appeal was dismissed for want of prosecution because the respondents could not be served and the Court found no useful purpose in keeping the matter on board when service could not be effected, noting that the accused had likely left the country. The Court also criticised the trial Magistrate's sentence of imprisonment limited to time already undergone as unduly lenient and described the reasons given as specious, observing that the State was justified in seeking sentence enhancement under the minimum statutory sentencing regime. However, no alteration of sentence was made because the appeal itself could not be effectively prosecuted. en-us Tue, 27 Jun 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:46:49 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42555 An appeal was dismissed for want of prosecution because the respondents could not be served and the Court found no useful purpose in keeping the matter on board when service could not be effected, noting that the accused had likely left the country. The Court also criticised the trial Magistrate's sentence of imprisonment limited to time already undergone as unduly lenient and described the reasons given as specious, observing that the State was justified in seeking sentence enhancement under the minimum statutory sentencing regime. However, no alteration of sentence was made because the appeal itself could not be effectively prosecuted. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 27 Jun 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=42555