Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 128 · Decided 11 August 1978
Deena @ Deen Dayal v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 128 · [1979] 1 S.C.R. 107
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 239/1975
- Decided
- 11 August 1978
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, P.S. KAILASAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302
Headnote
Indian Penal Code, S. 302-Murder by convict serving life sentence for offence u/s 302 I.P.C., while on bail-lnzposition of capital sentence confirmed. The appellant was convicted for having committed an offence u/s 302 I.P.C., and was serving a sentence of imprisonment for life. He was released on earlier murder case .. The Sessions Court found him guilty and imposed the sentence of death on him. The sentence was confirmed by the High Court in appeal. Dismissing the appeal, the Court HELD :The murder was committed by a person under a sentence of impri­ sonment for life for an offence
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