Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 29 · Decided 12 February 1974
Chawla and Another v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 29 · [1974] 3 S.C.R. 340
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 109/1973
- Decided
- 12 February 1974
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, R.S. SARKARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 148, 149; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF HARYANA February 12, 1974 [V. R. KRISHNA IYER AND R. S. SARKARIA, JJ.l Criminal law-Practice and Procedure-Seritence of /;fe imprisonment for murder. when may be 1ranted. · Six. accUsed were charged with the murder of three persons. Two of the ac.:used-tbe to this Court, regarding the sentence of death passed on the two appellants, HELD : The death sentence should be commuted to imprisonment for life. for the following reasons :- (a) It was probable that the tragedy was provoked or precipitated by the blame-worthy and intransigent conduct of the
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