MANGTU KHAN Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD , learned Counsel and the learned Public Prosecutor.

(2.) LEARNED Counsel for the accused petitioner does not challenge the conviction of the accused under Section 304. A and Under Section 279. IPC. Learned Counsel submits that the incident is of 1982 and the accused petitioner is a poor man, therefore leniency may be shown in the matter of sentence. The accused is already in jail since March 10, 1989. He has also remained in jail for two days during trial before he was bailed out. Learned Counsel submits that in the circumstance of the case the sentence of the accused may be reduced to the one already undergone.