Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 274 · Decided 11 November 1975
Balwant Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1975 INSC 274 · [1976] 2 S.C.R. 684
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 301/1975
- Decided
- 11 November 1975
- Bench
- P.K. GOSWAMI, N.L. UNTWALIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 354(3)
Headnote
SINGH v. STATE OF PUNJAB November 11, 1975 B [P. K. GOSWAMI AND N. L. UNTWALIA, JJ.J ' Code of Criminal Pr_ocedw·e (Act II) 19'73-Section 354(3 )_ Scope of. The appellant, 'B' aged 60 years, on 13-4-1974 was convicted u/s 302 I.P.C. \ for the murder of 'M' by poisoning on that date. wisdom has not thought it fit and proper to abolish the death penalty altogether, but there has been a gradual swing against the imposition of such penalty. [685-F] (ii) Unc!er section 354(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, the Court is required to state the reasons for the sentence awarded
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