Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 32 · Decided 27 January 1971
Vivian Rodrick v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 32 · [1971] 3 S.C.R. 546
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 137/1970
- Decided
- 27 January 1971
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY, I.D. DUA (3-judge bench)
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 148, 302, 149; CrPC Section 411A, 402
Headnote
Criminal Law-Sentence of death-Inordinate delay in disposing of appeal by High Court-If ground for awarding lesser sentence. The accused was committed 10 1rial in July 1963 and was convicted A B and sentenced to death on September 4, 1964. The appeal to the High Court under s. 411A, Cr. P.C., was State Government whether it should, reduce . the sentence on account of inordinate delay. · · In appeal to this Court on th~ quesfion of sentence, HELD : Section 302, l.P.C., prescribes two alternate sentences, namely, .. ·n··
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