Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 135 · Decided 28 April 1977
Tarlok Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 135 · [1977] 3 S.C.R. 711
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 337/1976
- Decided
- 28 April 1977
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, P.S. KAILASAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 235, 235(2)
Headnote
711 Crinzinal Procedure Code (Act 2 of 1974), 1973-Section 235, object and .scope of. The appellant was convicted along with t~'O other accused under s. 302 1.P.C. and sentenced to death while the other two "'ere sentenced to life iniprisonment. In appeal to this Court against the orders of B to sentence. C Allowing the Criminal Appeal No. 337 of 1976 in part and modifying the death sentence to one of life imprisonmenti, the Court, HELD : (!) The object of s. 235 Cr.P.C. 1974 is to give a fresh oppor­ tunity to the convicted person to bring to the notice of the court such
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