Supreme Court of India

Gurvail Singh @ Gala & Another v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2013] 1 S.C.R. 783

Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra JJ.

Decided 7 February 2013

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What the Court ordered

We hold that they must serve a minimum of thirty years in jail without remission.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Sentence/Sentencing - Death sentence - Propriety of - Conviction u/s. 302134 /PC of 3 accused - Death sentence to two of the accused - Confirmed by High Court - On appeal, held: Death sentence is not warranted - But in view of the fact that they caused death of 4 persons and nature of injuries inflicted, they deserve no sympathy - Death sentence is modified to life imprisonment for a minimum period of thirty years without remission - Penal Code, 1860 - s. 302134. Death Sentence - Award of- Principles to be followed - Held: To award death sentence, aggravating circumstances (crime test) have

Authorities it was built on

1983 Machhl Singh and Others v. State of Punjab cited by 60
2008 Swamy Shraddananda @ Murali Manohar Mishra v. State of Karnataka cited by 55
2009 Santosh Kumar Satishbhushan Bariyar v. State of Maharashtra cited by 54
1972 Jagmohan Singh v. The State of U. P. cited by 24
2001 Prakash Dhawal Khairnar (patil) v. State of Maharashtra cited by 13
2011 Ramesh v. State of Rajasthan cited by 12
2002 Bachhitar Singh & Anr v. State of Punjab cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2017 Mukesh & Anr. v. State for Nct of Delhi & Ors. relied on
2013 Madhu @ Madhuranatha & Anr. v. State of Karnataka relied on
2024 Navas @ Mulanavas v. State of Kerala referred to
2022 Manoj & Ors v. State of Madhya Pradesh referred to
2020 Manoj Suryavanshi v. State of Chhattisgarh referred to
2014 Shatrughan Chauhan & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2013 Gurvail Singh @ Gala v. State of Punjab referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 5 referred to

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