Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 41 · Decided 1 February 1977
Narpal Singh & Others v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 41 · [1977] 2 S.C.R. 901
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 149/1976
- Decided
- 1 February 1977
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 235(2)
Headnote
901 Sentence-Rig/it to be heard by the accused on the question of selllence and the duty of the court to pass a sentence after cJtrviction-Code of Criminal Procedure (Act 2 of 1974), 1973-Section 235(2)-De novo trial 1101 necessary in such cases 011 the question of convictions. A B Appellants and sentenced to death while the appellants Devinder Singh, and Maha Singh were convicted under s. 302 but sentenced to imprisonment C for life by the Sessions Judge. The High Court upheld the convictions as also the sentences while accepting the reference under s. 366 made by the Sessions Judge
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