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State of Maharashtra & Ors. v. Pradeep Yashwant Kokade & Anr.

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Reported as [2024] 12 S.C.R. 574
Bench Abhay S. Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Augustine George Masih JJ.
Decided 9 December 2024

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What the Court ordered

We hold that:- (i) Undue, unexplained and inordinate delay in execution of the sentence of death will entitle the convict to approach this Court under Article.

Judgment, page 37

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Effect of delay in executing the death sentence. Headnotes† Sentence – Death sentence – Inordinate, unexplained delay in execution of – Delay in processing, disposal of mercy petitions and issue of warrant of execution of the death sentence – High Court commuted the death sentence of the convicts to thirty-five years of imprisonment holding that there was an undue and avoidable delay in executing the death sentence – Challenge to: Held: Impugned judgment upheld – An inordinate and unexplained delay caused by circumstances beyond the prisoners’ control mandates the

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