In Brief
Ram Kumar and another were convicted along with five other accused for assault under Indian Penal Code Sections 148, 323, 325, and 149. The High Court reduced the sentences of the other five accused to time already served but did not extend the same benefit to the appellants, despite similar roles in the offense. The Supreme Court held that where evidence shows all accused acted with a common object and played substantially identical roles, and the High Court granted sentencing relief to some without reasoned justification for denying it to others, consistency demands all receive the same benefit. The Court reduced the appellants' substantive sentences to time already undergone."
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