Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 806 · Decided 21 October 2024
Mafabhai Motibhai Sagar v. State of Gujarat & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 806 · [2024] 10 S.C.R. 1448
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 4307/2024
- Decided
- 21 October 2024
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- BNSS Section 473(3); IPC Section 147, 148; CrPC Section 432(1), 432(3), 401, 432; Constitution Article 14, 21, 226
Headnote
The appellant was convicted for offences punishable under Section 302 read with sections 147 and 148 Penal Code, 1860 and sentenced to life imprisonment. His application for remission was considered expeditiously by the State Government after interference of the Government while granting remission imposed four conditions on the appellant. The appellant contended that two out of these four conditions are vague, subjective and arbitrary. The issue before the Hon'ble Supreme Court is the legality of these two conditions imposed by the appropriate
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