Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 19 · Decided 25 January 1979
Dilbag Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 19 · [1979] 2 S.C.R. 1134
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 313/1978
- Decided
- 25 January 1979
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, D.A. DESAI, A.P. SEN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 324, 323, 34; CrPC
Headnote
Sentence-Senteucing power under Section 248(2) and s. 235(2) of the CrimiMl .Procedune Code, 1973 (Act II uf 1974)-Ne.ed for non-imtilution· alised sentendng and value of pre·sentencin~ investfgation reports while exer~ cising the right to sentence-Guidelines to be l1:iid a court of 5cssion, under s. 235(2) Criminal· Procedure Code "if the accused is convicted, the Judge sJlali, unlf'ss he pro-­ ceedi in accordance with the provisions of s. 360, hear the acCUled on the· question of sentence, and then pass sentence on him according to
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