Calcutta High Court
Pulin asked his grandmother for Rs 700, which was her pension amount. As she refused, he struck her on the face and neck with a ‘katari’ (a sharp agricultural equipment). Pulin fled to his in-laws’ home, which was in a neighbouring village. The septuagenarian was found the next day by family members of Pulin’s uncle. She had died by that time and was not taken to any hospital. the bench took into account Pulin’s intention While considering the sentence. “… the offence was not committed with any premeditation. It was committed in the heat of the moment. The appellant demanded money from his grandmother to probably buy some clothes or gifts and participate in the ‘Jamaisasthi’ at his in-laws’ place…There is no evidence of any acrimony or enmity between the appellant and the victim,” the division bench held. The bench noted that the victim, after being struck by grandson at least twice, may have sustained other injuries — bruises and broken ribs — while attempting to get up from the bed and falling, as she was otherwise paralysed.
Because she refused Rs 700 to him, Calcutta High Court on Thursday commuted a convict’s sentence from life imprisonment to 11 years as it was in ‘the heat of the moment’ and not ‘premeditated’, kolkata: Eleven years after being sentenced to life for assaulting his 75-year-old grandmother and leaving her to die without treatment.