Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 292 · Decided 21 September 1988
Sube Singh & ORS. ETC. ETC. v. State of Haryana & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1988 INSC 292 · [1988] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 141
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 648/1987
- Decided
- 21 September 1988
- Bench
- RANGANATH MISRA, M.N. VENKATACHALIAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Constitution Article 32
Headnote
B Punjab Borstal Act, 1926: Ss. 5 and 2(4)-Adolescents convicted for offence of murder and sentenced to imprisonment for life under s. 302 !PC-Whether entitled to benefit of s. 5 of the Act. Section S of the Punjab Borstal Act, 1926 empowers courts to pass C a sentence of detention in a Borstal age convicted of an otTence punishable under the Indian Penal Code, In lieu of passing a sentence of transportation or rigorous imprisonment. Section 2(4) of the Act which defines 'offence' takes in offences other than an offence punishable with 1 death. D The petitioners who have been convicted
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