Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 426 · Decided 25 April 2023
Ravinder Singh v. The State GOVT. of NCT of Delhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 426 · [2023] 4 S.C.R. 480
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1031/2023
- Decided
- 25 April 2023
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, SANJAY KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 45, 53; CrPC Section 432; Constitution Article 72, 161
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 432 - Penal Code, 1860 - ss. 45, 53 - Power to impose a modified punishment - Special category sentencing to life imprisonment in excess of 14 years - Appellant was convicted for having committed offence u/s. 376, 377, 506 imprisonment - Trial Court directed that the appellant should not be given any clemency by the State before he spent at least 20 years in jail - Same was confirmed by the High Court - On appeal, held: It is settled that the power to impose a modified punishment within the
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