Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 223 · Decided 21 August 1987
Hava Singh v. State of Haryana & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 223 · [1987] 3 S.C.R. 1061
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 668/1986
- Decided
- 21 August 1987
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, B.C. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 34, 452, 325; CrPC Section 30; Constitution Article 32
Headnote
B ,. Punjab Borstal Act, 1926-pre-mature release of convict after seven years' detention under provisions of-Section 5. - The petitioner, aged about 18 years, was convicted for an offence u/s 302/34 I.P.C. and sentenced to life imprisonment by judgment and c '-( order dated 22nd May, 1980, and tion in accordance with the provisions of the Punjab Borstal Act, 1926. The Petitioner filed this writ petition in this Court, stating that -'( the total period of detention under-gone by him, together with the D remissions earned· by him, came to over ten years, and he was entitled to be
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