Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. v. Sanjay Kumar

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Reported as [2012] 7 S.C.R. 359

Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar JJ.

Decided 21 August 2012

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we reach the inescapable STATE OF U.P. v.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

PENAL CODE, 1860: ss. 302 and 376 - Rape and murder of an eighteen year c old girl - Death sentence - Commuted by High Court to life imprisonment - Held: High Court is correct to the extent that the facts of the case did not warrant death sentence. SENTENCE/SENTENCING: Sentencing policy - Principle of proportionality - Aggravating and mitigating circumstances - Commutation of death sentence to imprisonment for fife or imprisonment for a specified term - Clemency power of Sovereign - Expression "life imprisonment" - Connotation of - Discussed - Constitution of India, 1950 - Arts. 142, 72 and

Authorities it was built on

2008 Swamy Shraddananda @ Murali Manohar Mishra v. State of Karnataka cited by 55
2010 State of West Bengal & Ors. v. The Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, West Bengal & Ors cited by 38
2010 Mulla & Anr. v. State of U.P. cited by 19
1995 Ravji @ Ram Chandra v. State of Rajasthan cited by 19
2010 State of Haryana and Ors. v. Jagdish cited by 16
1991 Seyaka Perumal, Etc v. State of Tamil Nadu cited by 15
2001 Jayawant Dattatray Suryarao v. State of Maharashtra cited by 14
2011 Rameshbhai Chandubhai Rathod v. The State of Gujarat cited by 12
2009 Ramraj @ Nanhoo @ Bihnu v. State of Chhatiisgarh cited by 11
2010 Manish Goel v. Rohini Goel cited by 10
2003 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Ghanshyam Singh cited by 8

Where later benches applied it

2014 Alber Oraon v. State of Jharkhand relied on
2013 Madhu @ Madhuranatha & Anr. v. State of Karnataka relied on
2013 State of M.P. v. Babulal & Ors. relied on
2023 Pramod Kumar Mishra v. The State of U.P. referred to
2016 Vikas Yadav v. State of U.P. and Ors. Etc. Etc. referred to
2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors. referred to
2014 Md. Jamiludin Nasir v. State of West Bengal referred to
2013 C.B.I. v. Ashok Kumar Aggarwal referred to
2013 Krishnan & Ors. v. State of Haryana & Ors. referred to
2013 Shankar Kisanrao Khade v. State of Maharashtra referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 7 referred to

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