Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 186 · Decided 29 March 2001
Subhash Chander ETC. ETC. v. Krishan Lal and ORS. ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 186 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 864
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 812/1999
- Decided
- 29 March 2001
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 307, 148, 450, 57; CrPC Section 401
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 : Sections 302, 307, 148, 450 read with Sections 149, ~- 120-B. Murder-Accused persons-Appreciation of testimony of eye-witness­ Deposition of eye-witnesses establishing involvement of accused persons-No material infirmity in the deposition of eye-witnesses-Concurrent finding of accused upheld. Murder-Sentence-Award of death sentence by Trial Court-Sentence commuted into life imprisonment by High Court-Held, on facts discretion exercised by High Court cannot be interfered with. Death penalty-Commutation to life imprisonment-Validity of S.57-Sentence-Life
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