Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 294 · Decided 1 May 2013
Mahendra Nath Das v. Union of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 294 · [2013] 5 S.C.R. 1053
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 677/2013
- Decided
- 1 May 2013
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 72
Headnote
A B Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 72 - Murder - Accused-appellant convicted and sentenced to death - He C submitted mercy petition to the President under Article 72 of the Constitution and prayed for commutation of the death sentence into life imprisonment - Petition rejected after 12 Not propf!f;..- 12 years delay in disposal of the mercy petition sufficient for commutation of the D sentence of death into life imprisonment - Sentence of df';ath awarded to appellant accordingly commuted into life imprisonment - Sentence I Sentencing - Commutation of sentence. The appellant was
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