1981 INSC 0384
                                                      Radharani

                                                           Vs

                                             State of Madhya Pradesh

                                        Criminal Appeal No. 643 of 1981

                                (CJI Y.V. Chandrachud, E.S. Venkataramiah JJ)

                                                      14.08.1981

                                                        ORDER

1. Heard counsel. Special leave granted.

2. The circumstances of the case are very sad and touching. A desolate woman jumped into a well
with her two children. She was charged under Sections 307 and 309 of the Penal Code. She has
been released on admonition for the offence under Section 309 of the Penal Code and has been
sentenced to imprisonment for three months for the offence under Section 307. We see no valid
reason for making this distinction and therefore direct that she shall be released on admonition for
the offence under Section 307 also. She need not surrender to her bail.

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