Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 33 · Decided 9 February 1979
Rajendra Prasad ETC. ETC. v. State of Uttar Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 33 · [1979] 3 S.C.R. 78
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 512/1978
- Decided
- 9 February 1979
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, D.A. DESAI, A.P. SEN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 345(3); CrPC; Constitution
Headnote
PRASAD ETC. ETC. v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH ' February 9, 1979 B. [V. R. KRISHNA IYER, D. A. DESAI AND A. P~ SEN, JJ.j c D E F G H P.enal Cod~. 302---Scope of-Death Sentence-When should &e awartl­ ed. (Per majority-Krishna Iyer and Desai, JJ.) I. The only question before the Court is ambivalence and covert conflict among judges concerning continued r~ort k> the death sentence mirrors the uncertainties and conflict& of valuei in the community itself. [89G & 90D] 2. Section 302 of the !PC throws little light on when the CO!lrt mall blang the seQ.tence of why the
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