Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Sentence/Sentencing: Conviction and life imprisonment of the writ petitioner |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Writ Petition |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Others |
Headnote | Sentence/Sentencing: Conviction and life imprisonment of the writ petitioner - Mercy petitions made twice for premature release of petitioner but rejected - Superintendent of Jail also strongly recommended reconsideration of case of petitioner - Petitioner undergone custody of more than 20 years including period of remission and about 17 years of actual custody - Writ petition seeking release - Held: Once a person is sentenced to undergo life imprisonment unless imprisonment for life is commuted by competent authority, he has to undergo imprisonment for whole of his life - In the instant case, the case of petitioner was considered by the Review Board constituted by the State of West Bengal which rejected the prayer - However, in view of the fact that the petitioner has actually undergone more than 18 years of imprisonment and the Superintendent requested for reconsideration of his case and recommended his release, if any application for remission is filed by the petitioner or on his behalf, the competent authority to place the same before the Review Board for reconsidering his case for premature release - Writ petition dismissed - Penal Code, 1860 - s. 57. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya |
Neutral Citation | 2014 INSC 464 |
Petitioner | Arjun Jadav |
Respondent | State Of West Bengal & Ors. |
SCR | [2014] 6 S.C.R. 1067 |
Judgement Date | 2014-07-02 |
Case Number | 229 |
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