Supreme Court of India

Md. Munna v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2005] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 233

Bench K.G. Balakrishnan and B.N. Srikrishna JJ.

Decided 16 September 2005

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Constitution of India-Article 32-Writ of Habeas Corpus-Criminal Procedure Code 1973-West Bengal Correctional Service Act, 1992-Sec. 61 Expln.-West Bengal Jail Code-Rule 751 (c)-IPC-Sec. 55-Life Imprisonment-Meaning of-Length of-Power of prison authorities to commute sentence and release of convict-Held, there is no provision in Indian Penal Code or Cr.PC whereby life imprisonment could be treated as fourteen years or twenty years without a formal remission by appropriate Government. Prisoners Act, 1900-Classification of convicts-Cr.P. .-Sec. 53(4)- /PC-Sec. 53A-Meaning of life

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2013 Mohinder Singh v. State of Punjab relied on
2025 Sukhdev Yadav @ Pehalwan v. State of (nct of Delhi) & Others referred to
2019 State of Rajasthan and Others v. Mukesh Sharma referred to
2016 State of Gujarat & Anr. v. Lal Singh @ Manjit Singh & Ors. referred to
2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors. referred to
2014 Arjun Jadav v. State of West Bengal & Ors. referred to
2013 Shankar Kisanrao Khade v. State of Maharashtra referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 6 referred to

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