Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 159 · Decided 22 March 2010
State of Haryana and ORS. v. Jagdish
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 159 · [2010] 3 S.C.R. 716
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 566/2010
- Decided
- 22 March 2010
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, J.M. PANCHAL, B.S. CHAUHAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 148, 149, 433A; CrPC Section 432, 433, 433A; Constitution Article 161, 72
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950 - Articles 161 and 72 - Life C convict - Pre-mature release - Powers of clemency - Respondent convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment as a Class 3 prisoner - He sought pre-mature release after serving more than 10 years of imprisonment - Case for pre­ - To be considered as per o policy prevailing on date of his conviction, i.e. policy dated 4-2-~993 or as per short sentencing policy subsequently introduced on 13-8-2008 - Policy dated 04-02-1993 referred to exercise of powers under Article 161 of the Constitution whereas policy dated
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