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Md Mannan @ Abdul Mannan v. State of Bihar

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Reported as [2019] 8 S.C.R. 266
Bench N. V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shant Anagoudar and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 14 February 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that it would not be appropriate and/or safe to affirm the death sentence awarded to the petitioner.

Judgment, page 30

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Pr ocedure, 1973: s.235(2) – Hearing on question of sentence – Death sentence – Right of a convict – Held: Oppor tunity should be given to a convict to bring on r ecor d mitigating circumstances for r eduction of the sentence and a balance should be struck between the aggravating and the mitigating circumstance – In the instant case, the petitioner did not get the benefit of competent legal assistance – T rial Cour t also did not make any attempt to elicit materials r elevant to the imposition of death sentence – No affidavit was called for – The question of whether there

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