Law: Pakistan Penal Code, 1860

Section: 377

PLJ 2026 SC (Cr.C.) 17 [Appellate Jurisdiction] Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860)-- ----S. 377 of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860--Minor--Reduction of sentence--The petitioners have almost served out their substantive sentences--Petitioners at the time of committing the offence, were minors, aged about fourteen & eleven years respectively--Giving the benefit of minority--The petitioners were minors at the time of the occurrence--They have already served out the major portion of their sentences--The complainant has also raised no objection upon reduction of the sentences awarded to the petitioners--While maintaining the conviction awarded to the petitioners under section 377, PPC their sentences are reduced to that of already undergone. The amount of compensation shall remain intact.                                                                                        [P. 18] A, B, C Order Jamal Khan Mandokhail, J.--The learned counsel in both the petitions, at the very outset, states that at the petitioners have almost served out their substantive sentences and if their remaining sentences are reduced to that of already undergone, he will not be press the petitions. 2.       The complainant, who is father of the victim, appeared and states that the petitioners at the time of committing the offence, were minors, aged about fourteen & eleven years respectively, therefore, giving the benefit of minority, he will extend the sympathy to them with the hope that they will not repeat this act in future,…