Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 307 · Decided 22 December 1972
Pratap v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 307 · [1973] 3 S.C.R. 136
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 206/1971
- Decided
- 22 December 1972
- Bench
- C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM, I.D. DUA, A. ALAGIRISWAMI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 439, 302, 75, 303; CrPC Section 310, 439
Headnote
v. STATE OF U.P. December 22, 1972 [A. ALAGIRISWAMI, I. D. DUA AND C. A. VAIDIALINGAM, JI.] Criminal trkl-Trial for murder under s. 302 l.P.C.-Accused whether undergoing sentence of life imprisonment at time of commission of offence so as to attract death peno!ty under S. 303 l.P.C.-Whether on the basis o! revision petitions filed by private parry. The appellant was tried for an offence under s. 302 I.P .C. The prosecution sought to put o,n record two documents to show that the appellant was punishable with death under s. 303 I.P .C. in view of tlw fact that be bad earlier been
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