Supreme Court of India

Jitendra @ Kalla v. State of Govt. of Nct of Delhi

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Reported as [2018] 12 S.C.R. 622
Bench A. K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan JJ.
Decided 25 October 2018

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that to meet the ends of justice, the cap of 30 years must be removed.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Sentence/Sentencing: Trial of the appellant-accused for offence under two FIRs – T rial cour t convicted the accused – In both the cases sentence of rigor ous life imprisonment was im posed – In respect of the first case trial cour t directed that the accused would not be consider ed for grant of r emission till he under went the actual sentence of 30 years – In r espect of the second case trial cour t directed that the life sentence would star t after the life sentence in first case was over and was to continue for the r est of the life of the accused – In High Court counsel for the accused

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