Supreme Court of India
Shiva Kumar @ Shiva @ Shivamurthy v. State of Karnataka
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that this is a case where a fixed-term sentence for a period of thirty years must be imposed.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Penal Code, 1860 – ss.366, 376 and 302 – Power to impose modified punishment – Appellant convicted u/ss. 366, 376 a nd 302 IPC – Trial Court sentenced the appellant to underg o rigorous imprisonment for the rest of his life – High Court dismissed the appeal preferred by the appellant challenging the c onviction and sentence – In appeal before the Supreme Court, appellant contende d that in view of the law laid down by the Constitutional Bench i n the case of Union of India v. V. Sriharan alias Murugan & Ors., a modified sentence can be imposed only by the Constitutional Courts and not by the
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