In Brief
The appellant was convicted along with his brother for manipulating revenue records to fraudulently claim land ownership. The Magistrate sentenced him to two years rigorous imprisonment; the appellate court reduced it but maintained two years overall. The High Court dismissed his revision petition. The Supreme Court heard his appeal on the sole ground of sentence quantum. Considering the appellant's advanced age (75 years), death of two co-accused during litigation, prolonged case duration, and five months already served, the Court held that while reducing the sentence to time-already-served would be too lenient, reduction from two years to one year was just and proportionate in the interest of justice.
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