Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. Joginder Singh and Ors. Etc. Etc.

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Reported as [1990] 2 S.C.R. 147
Bench A.M. Ahmadi J.
Decided 23 March 1990

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Manual for the Superintendence and Management of Jails in Punjab: Paragraphs 516- and 631-Whether statutory in character­ Interpretation of-Remission of sentence-Grant of-Powers and fetters. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Sections 432, 433 and 433A­ Sentence-Suspension, remission and commutation-Grant of­ Punjab Jail Manual-Paragraphs 5/6B and 631-lnterpretation of. c Paragraph 516- of the Manual for the Superintendence and Management of Jails in Punjab provides for premature release of pri- soners. The State Government had issued instructions in 1971 modify- ing the executive instructions

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