Supreme Court of India

Narpal Singh & Others v. State of Haryana

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Reported as [1977] 2 S.C.R. 901
Bench P. N. Bhagwati and S. Murtaza Fazal Ali JJ.
Decided 1 February 1977

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Sentence-Rig/it to be heard by the accused on the question of selllence and the duty of the court to pass a sentence after cJtrviction-Code of Criminal Procedure (Act 2 of 1974), 1973-Section 235(2)-De novo trial 1101 necessary in such cases 011 the question of convictions. Appellants Nirpal Singh, Gurdev Singh and Jagmohan Singh were convicted under s. 302 I.P. . and sentenced to death while the appellants Devinder Singh, and Maha Singh were convicted under s. 302 but sentenced to imprisonment for life by the Sessions Judge. The High Court upheld the convictions as also the sentences while

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