New Delhi: A court has sentenced a man to nine months of imprisonment in a 2017 attempt to murder case, in which he had attacked his cousin with a surgical blade after being denied money to buy liquor.
The court of additional sessions judge Vishal Pahuja took a lenient view while deciding the quantum of the sentence after noting the victim's submissions that he had forgiven his convicted cousin and both were living in harmony after resolving their differences. Naveen Kumar will walk free as he has already undergone detention for nine months and 17 days.
The court was hearing the arguments on sentencing against Kumar, who was convicted under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of Indian Penal Code. An offence of attempt to murder is usually punishable with an imprisonment of up to 10 years and a fine. If a person is injured in the offence, the punishment can be extended to life imprisonment.
According to the prosecution, an inebriated Kumar attacked his cousin Mukesh with a surgical blade on Nov 17, 2017 after claiming that a few days earlier, the latter had refused to give him money to buy liquor. Mahesh had suffered "serious" injuries on his vital body parts, the prosecution said.
"The complainant (Mahesh), who is present in the court today, has submitted that the convict is his cousin, hence, there is no bad blood between them, so he does not want any monetary compensation from the convict and also prays for a lenient view against the convict in terms of punishment," the court said on Monday, noting that Kumar was not previously convicted of any other criminal offence and belonged to a good social background.
The court sentenced Kumar to rigorous imprisonment of nine months and a fine of Rs 20,000, saying it balanced the aggravating and mitigating factors. however, it pointed out, "As the convict remained in judicial custody for nine months and 17 days as per the record, therefore, the benefit of Section 428 CrPC be given to the convict and the period already undergone in custody be adjusted against the sentenced period."
Earlier in the day, the court convicted Kumar after rejecting the plea of insanity taken by his counsel. It said that at the time of committing the offence, Kumar was not suffering from any mental disorder and he was very much aware of his violent act.
New Delhi: A court has sentenced a man to nine months of imprisonment in a 2017 attempt to murder case, in which he had attacked his cousin with a surgical blade after being denied money to buy liquor.
The court of additional sessions judge Vishal Pahuja took a lenient view while deciding the quantum of the sentence after noting the victim's submissions that he had forgiven his convicted cousin and both were living in harmony after resolving their differences. Naveen Kumar will walk free as he has already undergone detention for nine months and 17 days.
The court was hearing the arguments on sentencing against Kumar, who was convicted under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of Indian Penal Code. An offence of attempt to murder is usually punishable with an imprisonment of up to 10 years and a fine. If a person is injured in the offence, the punishment can be extended to life imprisonment.
According to the prosecution, an inebriated Kumar attacked his cousin Mukesh with a surgical blade on Nov 17, 2017 after claiming that a few days earlier, the latter had refused to give him money to buy liquor. Mahesh had suffered "serious" injuries on his vital body parts, the prosecution said.
"The complainant (Mahesh), who is present in the court today, has submitted that the convict is his cousin, hence, there is no bad blood between them, so he does not want any monetary compensation from the convict and also prays for a lenient view against the convict in terms of punishment," the court said on Monday, noting that Kumar was not previously convicted of any other criminal offence and belonged to a good social background.
The court sentenced Kumar to rigorous imprisonment of nine months and a fine of Rs 20,000, saying it balanced the aggravating and mitigating factors. however, it pointed out, "As the convict remained in judicial custody for nine months and 17 days as per the record, therefore, the benefit of Section 428 CrPC be given to the convict and the period already undergone in custody be adjusted against the sentenced period."
Earlier in the day, the court convicted Kumar after rejecting the plea of insanity taken by his counsel. It said that at the time of committing the offence, Kumar was not suffering from any mental disorder and he was very much aware of his violent act.