Supreme Court of India
Arjun Jadav v. State of West Bengal & Ors.
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We hold that life imprisonment is not equivalent to imprisonment for fourteen years or for twenty years as contended by the petitioner.
Judgment, page 10
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Sentence/Sentencing: Conviction and life imprisonment of the writ petitioner - Mercy petitions made twice for premature release of petitioner but rejected - Superintendent of Jail also strongly recommended reconsideration of case of petitioner - Peti!ioner undergone custody of more than 20 years including period of remission and about 17 years of actual custody - V\lrit petition seeking release - Held: Once a person is sentenced to undergo life imprisonment unless imprisonment for life is commuted by competent authority, he has to undergo imprisonment for whole of his life - In the instant
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