2006 INSC 0179
                                        SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                                                     B.T. Jayaram
                                                           Vs

                                                 State of Karnataka

                                        Criminal Appeal No. 299 of 2006

                                       (B. P. Singh and Altamas Kabir, JJ)
                                                      06.03.2006

                                                    JUDGMENT

B. P. SINGH, J.

We have heard Counsels for the parties.
2. Leave granted.
3. The appellant has been sentenced to six months' simple imprisonment and to pay a fine of Rs.
10,000/- and in default to undergo simple imprisonment for six months under Section 498-A of the
IPC. It is brought to our notice that the appellant as well as the victim have both since remarried and
are happily living with their families. In the facts and circumstances of the case it is prayed that the
sentence passed on the appellant may be reduced to the period already undergone. We are also
informed that the appellant has remained in custody for a little over two months.
4. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the sentence of the appellant is reduced to the period
already undergone. The impugned judgment and order of the High Court is accordingly modified.
5. The appeal is partly allowed.