Supreme Court · 1982 INSC 66 · Decided 26 August 1982
Kartar Singh and Others v. State of Haryana Through Inspector General of Prison, Chandigarh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1982 INSC 66 · [1983] 1 S.C.R. 445
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 3226/1981
- Decided
- 26 August 1982
- Bench
- V.D. TULZAPURKAR, BAHARUL ISLAM, R.B. MISRA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 428; Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Criminal Procedure Code-s. 428-App/icability to persons sentenced to imprisonment for life-construction of . Under s. 428. Cr. P.C., an accused perSQn sentenced to imprisonment for B c a term is entitled to set oft' bis under-trial period of detention against the sen- D tence petitioners were life-convicts undergoing sentence in different Jails in Haryana. Under _para 516-B of the Punjab/Haryalla Jail Manual they were entitled to be considered for premature release on their completing 8-1/2 years of ·substantive impri~onment and 14 years of imprisonment
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