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In Re: Framing Guidelines Regarding Potential Mitigating Circumstances to Be Considered While Imposing Death Sentences v. In Re: Framing Guidelines Regarding Potential Mitigating Circumstances to Be Considered While Imposing Death Sentences

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Reported as [2022] 16 S.C.R. 543
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and Sudhanshu Dhulia JJ.
Decided 19 September 2022

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – ss. 235, 309 – Whether, after recording conviction for a capital offence, under law, the court is obligated to conduct a separate hearing on the issue of sente nce – Held: it is necessary to have clarity in the matt er to ensure a uniform approach on the question of granting real and meanin gful opportunity, as opposed to a formal hearing, to the accused/co nvict, on the issue of sentence – Matter referred to a larger ben ch of five Hon’ble Judges. Referring the matter to larger Bench, the Court HELD : 1. There are two views, one view is that a separate

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