Supreme Court · 1985 INSC 88 · Decided 16 April 1985
Bhagirath & Ors v. Delhi Administration
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1985 INSC 88 · [1985] 3 S.C.R. 743
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 754/1983
- Decided
- 16 April 1985
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, D.A. DESAI, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, E.S. VENKATARAMIAH, RANGANATH MISRA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 428, 432, 433; Constitution Article 32
Headnote
v. DELHI ADMINISTRATION April 16, 1985 Code of Criminal Proccdurc1973. Section 428. Persons sentenced to itn1nison111cnt for life-Whether e11tit/ed to set.Off 1heir under trial period of detentiun against their sentence. Person sente11,·ed to life [111prisonient-Whetlter sentenced to of-Crinfina/ Procedure Code 1973. Section 428. The appellant filed a writ petition in the High Court, contending that his case b~ referred for the order of lh·~ State Administration under Paragraph 516~ B of the Punjab Jail Manual,.on the ground that though sentenced t9 life
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