Supreme Court of India

Jaswant Singh & Ors v. The State of Chhattisgarh & Anr.

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Reported as [2023] 1 S.C.R. 595
Bench Dinesh Maheshwari and Bela M. Trivedi JJ.
Decided 13 January 2023

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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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