Supreme Court of India

State of Gujarat & Anr. v. Lal Singh @ Manjit Singh & Ors.

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Reported as [2016] 4 S.C.R. 816
Bench Dipak Misra and Shiva Kffiti Singh JJ.
Decided 29 June 2016

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss. 432 and 433 - Remis­ sion under - Respondent was convicted under the provisions of TADA by .the Designated Court in the State of Gujarat and sen­ tenced to life imprisonment - Conviction was confirmed by Supreme Court - On the request of the respondent-convict, he was trans­ ferred from the jail in Gujarat to the jail in Punjab -Application by the convict for remission of sentence - Rejected by the State of Gujarat - Writ petition challenging the order of refusal - High Court directed the State of Gujarat to reconsider the representation of the convict

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