Foreign Court’s Sentence On Repatriated Indian Convict Not To Be Reduced Just Because It Is Higher Than Similar Sentence In India

Case: Union of India And Anr. v. Shaikh Istiyaq Ahmed And Ors.

Corum: Justices L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai

Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 71 of 2022

Court Observation: “Even in cases where adaptation is being considered by the Central Government, it does not necessarily have to adapt the sentence to be exactly in the nature and duration of imprisonment provided for in the similar offence in India. In this circumstance as well, the Central Government has to make sure that the sentence is made compatible with Indian law corresponding to the nature and duration of the sentence imposed by the Supreme Court of Mauritius, as far as possible.”

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