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Navas @ Mulanavas v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [2024] 3 S.C.R. 913
Bench B. R. Gavai, K.V. Viswanathan and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 18 March 2024

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Issue for Consideration Appellant-accused was held guilty for the offences punishable u/ ss.302, 449, 309, IPC and sentenced accordingly. For the offence punishable u/s.302, IPC, he was sentenced to death. High Court confirmed the conviction, however the sentence of death was modified and reduced to imprisonment for life with a direction that he shall not be released from prison for a period of 30 years including the period already undergone with set off u/s.428, Cr.P. . alone. What should be the appropriate sentence and whether the High Court was justified in adopting the Swamy Shraddananda

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