Supreme Court of India
Jaswant Singh & Ors v. The State of Chhattisgarh & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the petitioner’s application for remission should be re-considered.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure 1973: s. 432(2) – Grant of Remission – Requirement of s. 432(2) – Held: Presiding Judg e must give adequate reasons while giving an opinion u/s. 432(2) – On facts, three convicts, out of a total of eight, submitted their respective applications for premature release but the same was refused – Held:The said orders should have contained adequate reasons after taking into consideration the relevant factors that govern the g rant of remission as laid down in Laxman Naskar’s case applications for remission – Issuance of direction to the Special Judge t o reconsider the
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