Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 422 · Decided 16 September 2005
MD. Munna v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 422 · [2005] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 233
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 45/1998
- Decided
- 16 September 2005
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, B.N. SRIKRISHNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 55, 53A; CrPC Section 53(4), 53; Constitution Article 32
Headnote
B Constitution of India-Article 32-Writ of Habeas Corpus-Criminal Procedure Code 1973-West Bengal Correctional Service Act, 1992-Sec. 61 Expln.-West Bengal Jail Code-Rule 751 (c)-IPC-Sec. 55-Life C Imprisonment-Meaning of-Length of-Power of prison authorities to commute sentence and release of treated as fourteen years or twenty years without a formal remission by appropriate Government. Prisoners Act, 1900-Classification of convicts-Cr.P.C.-Sec. 53(4)- D /PC-Sec. 53A-Meaning of life imprisonment-Held, period of life imprisonment is to be considered as rigorous imprisonment. Prisoners
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