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Supreme Court of India

Mahendra Nath Das v. Union of India and Others

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Reported as [2013] 5 S.C.R. 1053
Bench G.S. Singhvi and Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya JJ.
Decided 1 May 2013

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeal is allowed, the impugned order is set aside.

Judgment, page 23

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Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 72 - Murder - Accused-appellant convicted and sentenced to death - He submitted mercy petition to the President under Article 72 of the Constitution and prayed for commutation of the death sentence into life imprisonment - Petition rejected after 12 years - Propriety of - Held: Not propf!f;..- 12 years delay in disposal of the mercy petition sufficient for commutation of the sentence of death into life imprisonment - Sentence of df';ath awarded to appellant accordingly commuted into life imprisonment - Sentence I Sentencing - Commutation of sentence. The

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